My favorite month after October, National Poetry Month gives me an excuse to overindulge in all of the poetry! I read even more than I normally do, and I try to write at least a few new poems instead of editing the life out of existing ones. I also love to share poems any way I can. My coworkers often come in to find a poem slipped under their office doors, or taped to their mailboxes. My goal for this year is to share a poem a day here as well as surprising my unsuspecting coworkers with random poems. We’ll see how I do. In the meantime, let’s kick off this beautiful month of literary magic!

What is a Poem by Amelia Freidline

i am arguing with myself

the worth of my writing

one part of me says yes!

this poem is good and true

and genuine and beautiful

it is heartfelt, artful, artless

the other part is not so sympathetic

but feels more honest

this poem is not bad, but it

is about you. where is the eternal,

the everlasting, the struggle of man

to find God in his breath-long life?

where is the weight of the world?

what is a poem? is this one?

is it merely an artful arrangement

of words with precious line breaks

and little to no punctuation?

does it require deliberate form

determined rhythm

a pre-destined end?

what is a poem that i should be given

the writing of one, or take

its writing upon me?

and how shall i answer

my own questions?

https://rabbitroompoetry.substack.com/p/ten-new-poems-about-writing-poetry