NEXT UP! 2 30 Hal Sirowitz (1949– ) is an American poet. He taught children with special needs in New York City before he started competing in poetry slams. In these competitions, poets recite their work and the audience or a panel of judges gives them scores from zero to ten. His poetry has been translated into thirteen languages. No More Birthdays Don’t swing the umbrella in the store, Mother said. There are all these glass jars of spaghetti sauce above your head that can fall on you, & you can die. Then you won’t be able to go to tonight’s party, or go to the bowling alley tomorrow. And instead of celebrating your birthday with soda & cake, we’ll have anniversaries of your death with tea & crackers. And your father and i won’t be able to eat spaghetti anymore, because the marinara sauce will remind us of you. Before reading Consider this question: Do you ever think your parents overreact to something you say or do? a poetry slam – keppni þar sem flutt eru ljóð to recite – flytja (ljóð eða texta) an audience – áhorfendur a panel of judges – dómnefnd an umbrella – regnhlíf a jar – krukka soda – gos an anniversary – hér: árleg hátíð marinara sauce – tómatsósa
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