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I came across this recording a good while ago, and wanted to reserve it for this special Mother’s Day Weekend.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. I love you!
“The Lanyard”
by Billy Collins
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Boy, I’m on a roll. Apparantly if you get one comment from me you get 10.
I LOVED this clip! Not only did you introduce me to someone new, I now feel I need to go check out more of his work. (kind of Sedaris-esque, who I LOVE!)
And as a mother of five, I have received PLENTY of lanyards, this gave a whole new meaning to them. Thank You.
Here’s a link to a video of Billy Collins reading this poem at some poetry festival. He’s a frequent guest of Garrison Keillor on A Prairie Home Companion and I like that his poetry is accessible to those of us who normally “hate” poetry.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere/collins.html
This is awesome!