The Shirt
The shirt touches his neck
and smoothes over his back.
It slides down his sides.
It even goes down below his belt—
down into his pants.
Lucky shirt.
Hello Friends,
Lucky you — Today’s poem is by Jane Kenyon from her 1978 collection From Room to Room. Other shirt poems I’m fond of include “Shirt” by Robert Pinsky and this shirt from Threadless.
April is National Poetry Month, and I am celebrating by emailing out my own selection of one poem per day for the duration of the month. To learn more about National Poetry Month, or to subscribe to a more official-like Poem-a-Day list, visit www.poets.org.
Enjoy.
Ellen
“The Shirt” by Jane Kenyon was also featured for Poem-a-Day April 22, 2007.