Poetry Friday Roundup is hosted this week by The Cazzy Files.

A conversation yesterday evening with wonderfully talented glass artist Laila Asgari led me to contemplate inspiration as today's theme which led, eventually, to this delightful book of poetry. Don't ask me how my mind works...I'm just happy to have this to share. "Flamingos on the Roof," by writer and artist, Calef Brown is a collection of twenty-eight poems in a variety of forms that are whimsical, mythical, nonsensical, and definitely inspired.

Here is Friday's Famous First: Can you name the title and author for this first line? "The trouble with running away is you know what you're leaving behind, but not what's waiting up ahead."