poem o' the day

so, in case you didn't know, April is National Poetry Month. (I go to school with lots of artsy poetry-lovers. Poem-podcasts abound, as do impromptu reading of poetry when one is supposed to give a formalized presentation.)

I subscribed to "Poem A Day" (from poets.org), and I thought I'd share today's since I'm having such a post-a-palooza today anyway (so much to say, apparently!):

The Primer
by Christina Davis

She said, I love you.

He said, Nothing.


(As if there were just one
of each word and the one
who used it, used it up).


In the history of language
the first obscenity was silence.