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Today is World Poetry Day.

Designated by UNESCO this celebration on March 21 has been deemed the day that structured – and unstructured – words phrases are celebrated.

Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings. Poetry is the mainstay of oral tradition and, over centuries, can communicate the innermost values of diverse cultures….

Reminding us that poetry has the “power to shake us from everyday life” it still is a hard sell with the vast majority of people. Considered a bit lofty, sighed over by high school students it is an often overlooked literary form. Difficult, not very understandable, heavy, confusing. Not so fast.

Cats to the rescue!!

Do you remember The Cat In The Hat by Dr Seuss? Millions of children start their literary life with the poetic introduction, that has as its main character……a cat!!

The tall and stylish cat with the red and white hat mesmerizes children with his wit and wisdom. Charm and rhymes. Aimed at young readers not only are rhyming words introduced with fun and off beat style, but the main character is a cat! What could be better. Getting little people started on kitty love and reading and language. Dr Seuss was a genius.

In honor of World Poetry Day why not resist this children’s classic for yourself, or introduce a special little person to this delightful book.

and then something went BUMP!
how that bump made us jump!
we looked!
then we saw him step in on the mat!
we looked!
and we saw him!
the cat in the hat!
and he said to us,
‘why do you sit there like that?’
‘i know it is wet
and the sun is not sunny.
but we can have
lots of good fun that is funny!’