Sunday 24 February 2013

Raising a Smile in a Graveyard!

I am aware of this poem but have never before seen it in a graveyard. It was on the reverse of a headstone in Salesbury, Lancashire.. The poem was written by Karen McLendon-Laumann.

Smiling is infectious you catch it like the flu



Smiling is infectious, You catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling, too.
I passed around the corner, and someone saw my grin.
When he smiled I realized, I’d passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile, then I realized its worth,
A single smile, just like mine, could travel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin, don’t leave it undetected
Let’s start an epidemic quick, and get the world infected!
Karen McLendon-Laumann

2 comments:

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Well you shadow in the photo made me smile but the poem is very true. Smile and the whole world smiles with you.

Dorene from Ohio said...

What a lovely poem! Thanks for sharing!

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