Two for day two

Poetry month continues. Here are two for day two:

It's Hard to Lose your Lover
It's hard to lose your lover
When your heart is full of hope
But it's worse to lose your towel
When your eyes are full of soap.

--Anonymous


Keep a Poem in Your Pocket
Keep a poem in your pocket
and a picture in your head
and you'll never feel lonely
at night when you're in bed.

The little poem will sing to you
the little picture bring to you
a dozen dreams to dance to you
at night when you're in bed.

So---
Keep a picture in your pocket
and a poem in your head
and you'll never feel lonely
at night when you're in bed.

--Beatrice Schenk de Regniers



from Poetry By Heart: A Child's Book of Poems to Remember, compiled by Liz Attenborough. Chicken House: 2001.

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