National Poetry Month - Langston Hughes

"Unburdened" - 24" x 32" oil by Greg Newbold

Shearing Time

It must be nice to be a sheep

With nothing to do but graze and sleep.

But when it's time the wool to shear,

That poor old sheep bleats, "Oh, dear!"

--Langston Hughes

It is springtime, shearing time, and National Poetry Month.  What better way to celebrate than with this great little poem by Langston Hughes, a truly talented American poet!

For more on Langston Hughes, click here.

Thanks to Greg Newbold for permission to use the image of his amazing painting, "Unburdened."

For more about the creation of this painting, visit Greg's blog here.