It's Poetry Friday, April 5th of poetry month, today hosted by Karen Edmisten, with a poem by John Ashbery, who shares his rather comforting words about poetry. Thanks, Karen!
A break from the book, but I've had fun this week writing from its words and ideas! 
It's time for my line for the Progressive Poem!
Remember to check these links:
Tabatha Yeatts has created a link to poems teachers and librarians can print for poetry month, titled "Poetry in The Halls". I'm grateful to be one of the poets!
Below is the poem, thus far, and with the poets' list for the month on the right.
Irene Latham, with a muse extraordinaire, created the Progressive Poem in 2012. Wow, it's the eighth year! You can hear all about it at her blog here!
The previous four writers have continued Matt's opening challenge to use found lines for this poem, one we are writing for children. You can find the entire list on the right of poets who have or who will be writing.
I do love all the music, but am veering a bit because my most favorite summer book of all is Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. As soon as I read Matt's post, and then his line, I started looking (hoping) for a line that would work. It is a bit of action, that day when a child wakes, knowing it is the first day of summer.
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Here is The Progressive Poem thus far…
Endless summer; I can see for miles…
Fun, fun, fun – and the whole world smiles
No time for school- just time to play
we swim the laughin’ sea each and every day
You had only to rise, lean from your window,
Found Lines:
L1 The Who, 'I Can See for Miles' / The Beach Boys, 'Endles Summer'
L2 The Beach Boys, 'Fun, Fun, Fun' / Dean Martin, 'When You're Smiling'
L3 The Jamies, 'Summertime, Summertime'
L4 The Doors ‘Summer’s Almost Gone’/ Led Zeppelin ‘Good Times, Bad Times’
L5 Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine “You had only to rise, lean from your window,”
Now time for Tara at Going to Walden!