National Poetry Month - #1

Happy National Poetry month! Once again I must share something from NPR. Some of you may have heard this story yesterday, but for those of you who haven't, you must check out the piece on Teju Cole. He is a Nigerian-American poet who uses old news and Twitter. He's amazing. I've only been following him for a day, and already I am blown away.

Here are a couple of my favorites:

The baby born to Mrs Flora, a watchmaker's wife in Schenectady, is normal in all respects, save his four teeth.

Hoping to be more careful, Mrs J. Leighton-Noble-Spriggs, of Long Island City, who accidentally shot her last husband dead, has remarried.

“Kathleen, you’d better put on your heavy coat,” Mr Lorillard said, at Holland House. His wife agreed, went upstairs, and hanged herself.