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For the past several years, Poem in Your Pocket day has moved Mayor Bloomberg to try his own hand at crafting odes for the ages. Read some of the Mayor's original work, including his latest, "Powèm In Your Bolsillo," which the Mayor read on Poem In Your Pocket Day 2011 to honor the start of Immigrant Heritage Week.
 
Check out the following rhymes and be inspired to create or share your own!

He Even Has Super-Vision!

Real-Life Soap Opera

Crash Diet

No Eggs-aggeration!

Today at the Bluebird Café

The Eagle

The Woodpecker

Ladder

LOW CROW

DOWN DOG

DRUMMER

MISSING

 

Read the latest poetry from New York City public school students.