SEND A FRIEND A POEM

Another whimsical object exercise, and don't think I haven't noticed that 7 & 1/2 foot ballad meter isn't something I've used before, or twice, or always.
The preamble comes off as something snarky but I meant it to poke friends, and it got some attention.

April 1st, 2013
 You likely forgot that today, as is the first Monday of every April, is National Poem day, and usually celebrated by people sending poems to each others.
Well I haven't received yours yet, and I'm waiting.... ?!
In the meantime here's mine:

SEND A FRIEND A POEM

Cannot think a thing to say
So send a freind a poem
Even on a foggy day
Just as long as you know'em

What to write, have not a clue?
It's still simple thing to do
Just a line from me to you
So send a freind a poem

Must each stanza have a rhyme?
At the end of every line?
And metered feet to keep in time?
Don't know, let's go ask Owen.

It just takes a loving thought
Jotted down on paper bought
You'll get it wrong if you feel fraught
In peace keep your mind open

It has been the height of fashion
To pronounce ones instant passion
With worlds wild and without ration
Since long ago the time of Jereboam

So have no care 'bout what you say
No one will read it anyway
But make sure that you write today
And send a friend a poem!

I got 3 responses directly and one indirectly, so I guess being snarky gets results.

This was sent by Mogie Lilly Kinosian
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/albert-and-the-lion/
This by Julianne Endler Heckert
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/o-captain-my-captain/
Indirectly Rev Sara Irwin posted this on her own blog (I don't think she ever posted her own poetry before so I take credit for making the suggestive motivation)
 http://saraiwrites.blogspot.com/?spref=fb

and a Haiku from Christine:

"Haiku for the Crocuses"

Crocuses flower
in March's brown bower.
Spring splashes
on dull earth.

C.A.P.