Some poems are just made for celebrating, and this poem went into the poetry box without me knowing that on our street it was a time for celebrating. A neighbor emailed me to say how much the poem “hit the spot.” He and his partner brought home their first baby and he found cummings saying, “this is the birth /
day of life and of love and wings.”
Another reason to feel glad? The poetry box has letters now, designed by the talented Elena Eidelberg. There is no doubting what sits behind that plexiglass display.
“i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky”
