Today is May the fourth, the day many Star Wars fans (and non-fans) might say ‘May the fourth be with you’ rather than a simple hi! But hey, it is that date after all!
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Poetic Sundays: May the Force Be With You and All That
Today, a golden shovel poem as my mind keeps replaying the phrase – May the force be with you.. Photo below is of my backyard, as it is today, vibrantly in bloom – in full force!
may the bloom be with you!
They say that April’s showers bring flowers in May,
and now the proof—each leaf and petal plays the
part of sunlit spell, a soft, yet compelling force,
while wings zing past—bees buzz and hummingbirds just be,
drawn to dew and hue, where fragrance flows with
notes of joy that bloom and hum for you.
~ vidya @ ladyinreadwrites
Recently
On My Blog and On the Home Front
These posts made their way out into the world on my blog this past week:
- Full Circle: From Rapture to More and Back Again
- 5 Thoughtful Gifts for Moms Who Love to Read
- 13 Amazing Books I Would (Not) Mind Get Caught Reading and More
- Zip-Zap-Zooming to the Ziggurat Tip, One Word at a Time
- You Gotta Love the Way Yoda Speaks!
- eXchange Makes Things eXtraordinary and eXciting
- Sunday Scribblings #221: The Art of Seeing the World
Not much, just a quiet week.
Upcoming
On My Blog & Homefront
Hope to get a couple of posts out here at least.
This Week’s Celebrations
Literary Celebrations (close-to-it also!)
- Literary birthdays this week of May include: Scott Westerfeld on the 5th of May; Orson Welles on the 6th; Angela Carter, Robert Browning, Peter Carey, Deborah Wiles, and Rabindranath Tagore on the 7th; Edward Gibbon on the 8th; Alan Bennett, Charles Simić, J. M. Barrie, Joy Harjo, and Richard Adams on May 9th; Barbara Taylor Bradford and Christopher Paul Curtis on the 10th; Richard P. Feynman and Irving Berlin on May 11th
- May 5th observes National Cartoonists Day
- While May 6th is Poem on Your Pillow Day (observed annually on the first Tuesday in May)
- This week is Family Reading Week as well as Children’s Book Week, so pick up a few children’s books for yourself and your family, and read them together. As a bonus, you can make one too this week for
- May 8th (the Thursday of Family Reading Week) happens to be Make a Book Day.
- And then the 10th of May observes O. Henry Pun-off Day
- May is Better Speech and Language Month and National Get Caught Reading Month
Foodie Celebrations
- National Totally Chipotle Day is on Cinco de Mayo (the 5th)
- Followed by National Beverage Day, National Crepe Suzette Day, and International No Diet Day on the 6th of May.
- Then the 7th seems to be one for beverages, for it is National Cosmopolitan Day, as well as National Homebrew Day
- May 8th is National Coconut Cream Pie Day and Give Someone a Cupcake Day
- While the 9th is National Butterscotch Brownie Day and National Moscato Day
- The 11th is National Eat What You Want Day
Other Celebrations
- It is National Astronaut Day and African World Heritage Day on May 5th
- Followed by National Nurses Day on the 6th of May
- While May 7th observes Foster Care Day
- May 8th is Reward Yourself Day and No Socks Day.
- And in a kind of reversal from the 8th, the 9th of May observes National Lost Sock Memorial Day! It is also National Sleepover Day
- May 10th is National Clean Up Your Room Day, One Day Without Shoes, Trust Your Intuition Day, and National Public Gardens Day. It is also World Belly Dance Day and World Migratory Bird Day (celebrated on the second Saturday in May)
- Finally, the 11th observes National Twilight Zone Day, and of course, it is a day to celebrate mothers, for it is Mother’s Day here in the USA.
Wrapping Up My Sunday Scribblings
Dear reader, hope you enjoyed this post. Do let me know what you will be celebrating this week
Linking this to the Sunday Post over at the Caffeinated Reviewer and the Sunday Salon.
Your golden shovel poem, and your garden (!), are fantastic. So much fun. Thank you so much for opening my eyes early in the month to NaPoWriMo. I did several of the prompts this year, and I hope to do more later.
Thank you Deb! Are you sharing those poems on your blog? I don’t recall seeing them but if I have missed them, do let me know so I can hop on over to read them
I am down with celebrating International No Diet Day and National Beverage Day! Make mine a Coke Zero.
Have a great week!
This is such an awesome poem. And I am a Star Wars fan so I did tell people May the fourth be with you 🙂
May the 4th is a special day for me. I was married many years ago on that day before it was a Star Wars day/.
I loved the creative poem and all the little celebrations you packed in—definitely gave me some ideas to enjoy with my kids this week. It’s nice to be reminded of the small joys, like Family Reading Week and even Lost Sock Memorial Day.
Love the poem! I don’t know a whole lot about Star Wars honestly, but I love this. I’ve always remembered May the 4th be with you as well though.
Such a lovely poem about may the 4th! very detailed and well written. I like reading about poetry, so relaxing and calming
I love how you put together a beautiful poem about the blooms in spring time and May the 4th. I learn so much about poetry from your blog.
I always love reading your posts and the poem for May 4th was perfection! I will be back and appreciate you writing and sharing!
May the Fourth be with you! Loved reading this—such a fun mix of celebrations and memories. Perfect for Star Wars fans and beyond!