National Poetry Month '24: No Regrets
Thanks for stopping by Merely Day by Day. It's National Poetry Month. Crafting Surprise In this section of The Practicing Poet, poets share tips for crafting surprise in our poetry (link to Substack summary in title above): Craft Tip #13: Using the Line to Surprise by Meg Day Craft Tip #14: Truth’s Surprise by Lawrence Raab Craft Tip #15: Throwing the Reins upon the Horse’s Neck by Chris Forhan No Regrets To a poem a day I did commit, but time for writing I could not fit. What else can I say, it's time poems need. I cannot write them with lightning speed. At this point in life I'm no longer willing, to have rigid requirements in my day filling. I took a short pause, but today I am back. with a quick little rhyme to get me on track. You'll find no surprise, at this poem's end, just this terrible rhyme, I shouldn't have penned. © Cathy L. Mere, 2024 For April I will be taking a deep dive into The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics , edi