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A BSR ode for our next poet laureate (is it you?)
Alaina Johns
Our Philadelphia city wants a new Laureate Poet
If you’re a candidate, you probably know it.
Our first Poet Laureate was over three years ago;
Sonia Sanchez will always make the words flow.
Frank Sherlock replaced her; a Pew Fellow for the Arts;
Maybe we all need a little less prose in our hearts?
His new book is Life Is To Blame For Everything.
I’ll get behind that if art comes from suffering.
He got folks scribbling with his Write Your Block project,
So we can say how we feel, be it happy or wrecked.
Maybe you like lunching in Rittenhouse Square
Among toddlers and French Bulldogs and hipster-y hair.
Maybe your style is simpler: running for the bus.
You’re early? It’s late. On time? There it goes while you cuss.
Do your words have what it takes to represent the city?
Get your stuff in online, cuz there’s a committee.
Don’t wait to shine, is what I really mean.
Deadline to apply: 10/6, 2015.
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