Poem-A-Day: Living in Numbers by Claire Lee

Living in Numbers  by Claire Lee    Sunday, August 22, 2010: Number of times I've woken up after oversleeping and sprung out of bed like a ninja: 959 Number of broken bones: 3 Number of scars, physical: 4; emotional: 947 Number of funerals attended: 7 Number of friends, Facebook: 744, real: 9 Number of cavities filled: 0   Percentage of people I can stand in the world: 3.5 Number of times I've laughed so hard my sides would bruise: 2,972 Number of times I've wanted to bawl my eyes out: 320 Number of things I regret: 11 Number of things I know: 918,394   Monday, August 23, 2010: Number of times I've woken up after oversleeping and sprung out      of bed like a ninja: 960 Number of broken bones: 3 Number of scars, physical: 4; emotional: 1,293 Number of funerals attended: 7 Number of friends, Facebook: 800, real: 7 Number of cavities filled: 0   Percentage of people I can stand in the world: 3.4 Number of times I've laughed so hard my sides would bruise: 2,973 Number of times I've wanted to bawl my eyes out: 321 Number of things I regret: 13 Number of things I know: 918,390 "Living in Numbers" is reprinted by permission from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Copyright © 2013 by Claire Lee. Join Claire Lee at Poetry & the Creative Mind on April 17 at Lincoln Center, where she will read with Mario Batali, Patricia Clarkson, Stew, Kathleen Turner, and other actors, musicians, and artists to raise vital funds for National Poetry Month. Tickets can be purchased here.   Poem-A-Day launched in 2006 and features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day archive.   Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem In Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org. April 15, 2013  Born in 1996, Claire Lee is the  National Student Poet for the  Northeast region. She currently  attends high school in New York  City.    The National Student Poets  Program was launched by the  President's Committee on the Arts  and the Humanities, the Institute  of  Museum and Library Services,  and  the nonprofit Alliance for  Young  Artists & Writers. The  program is designed to elevate  and highlight the work of young  poets (grades 9-11) for a national  audience.    Join Claire Lee at  Poetry & the Creative Mind  on April 17 at Lincoln Center.    Photo credit: Helen Ahn  Related Poems On Living by Nazim Hikmet Life by Joe Brainard Happily [excerpt] by Lyn Hejinian

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