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Bloomberg Shows Off His Poetry Skills

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Jaya Saxena

Published Apr 29, 2010

Modified Apr 29, 2010

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Is everyone excited for Poem in Your Pocket Day today? Mayor Bloomberg is! Though he already implored his Twitter followers to write 140-character poems for a chance to be published in Metro New York, Bloomberg decided to show off a little with a poem inspired by the first line of Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the Thing with Feathers." You can barely tell whose is whose!

"Hope" NYC By Mike Bloomberg

"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That makes our City soar
It will take us to the future
As it's carried us before

Hope is the thing with feathers
That travels all our streets
It sings in every language
It sometimes even tweets

And though we may not see it
It perches everywhere
In new shops and small businesses
In every schoolroom chair

It could be our famous pigeon
Or fabled red-tailed hawk
Hope is the thing with feathers
That flies throughout New YAWK

Doesn't that last ABCB just bring tears to your eyes? Bloomberg will be retweeting his favorite Twitter poems, and the winners will be published in tomorrow's Metro New York. Public schools and after-school programs will also be hosting poetry readings and workshops across the city. Not like the Mayor would even need one...

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