I just received a special "email alert" from the Chicken and Turkey
Growers Association (you may be more familiar with their omnipresent
CATGA acronym ) that shows up in the most unusual places!) that
April is "National Chicken Scratching Month."
(every poet with quill in hand is invited to write their hen scratches
in some kind of a poetic form and share them around to whoever
might listen . . . and ask them to do the same!)
They gave a quite paltry reason for their "email alert." (Actually, I
find it quite amazing that it didn't get spammed out by my computer.
I will have to chick out the settings . . .)
Their email message said that the late notification was due to this year's
extremely late spring and since their national headquarters is located in
Spring Chicken, New York, the area's succession of winter storms has
virtually paralyzed their ability to access their buildings, let alone send
out their messages in a timely manner.
Even with all this explanation from CATGA, their staff (who aren't all
spring chickens anymore) were able to get to their computers, compose
their annual email alert, and cluck "send."
So . . . join me in writing daily poetry "hen scratchings" this month!
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