"Today's What?"

There are some dates
You never forget
Like your own birthday.
Or Christmas.
The 30th of July:
World Cup in 1966 and
Planning permission
For our new ground
In nineteen ninety.
And then there's the glorious
Boxing Day of 1984
An Orwellian performance
in a six one thrashing
Of the Thugs & Muggers
At Champion Hill
Where we totally
Controlled them.
Others you can't recall
The actual date
But know they exist.
Talk Like A Pirate Day
Bollocks to that...
What kind of weirdo
Do you think I am?
Rhetorically speaking, naturally.
No need to actually answer.
Or National No Smoking Day
Which must be double depressing
If you roll your own tabs
And say it in a Geordie accent.
Drink Awareness Week.
A whole seven days of hell
Counting your units.
And then there's today.
Common Courtesy Day
Bollocks to that
And Puppy Day
Ideal for Korean barbeques.
It's also Single Parent's Day.
No good for me
Both of mine are long dead.
The one that's probably passed you by
No run of the mill national event this
No, I'm not taking the piss
Today is, was, should be, whatever...
It genuinely is World Poetry Day!
News to me too.
So this is my belated contribution.
Which isn't a lot.
But don't knock it.
Fifteen minutes killed writing it.
Made a change from
Reading this morning's 'Metro'
On the bus home.

Dulwich Poet 21st March 2014

(Yes, today was World Poetry Day. I only realised when someone mentioned in a post on Facebook)