Move Over
-Laurie Benson 2019
National Poetry Month,
and one year ago in
April, my pen said,
"Write a poem a day
for a year
every day!
Don't delay!
And like all things
I do,
I really wanted to,
and I was perfect
at the start.
What a talent!
What an art!
Then good-bye went
a day,
and a week, no poem
again,
but instead of giving
up,
"It's O.K.!"
said my pen,
So I've got these
two full journals,
of at least 100 poems,
and that's not
important in the
way I thought it
should be done
or would be done.
For what has happened
in this year
with paper meeting
pen, is
I've found a love
of self, of people,
quotes, and friends.
I've met great writers,
read their works,
shed some tears
with them,
I've balanced out my
life, made a few
more amends.
I've laughed at some
of the funny stuff
and realized brand
new things,
and found a couple
of poets who were
ones I'd never read.
My poems, my pen,
my journey has put
my heart into
my
head.
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