Forgive me
Welcome April!
Let us welcome the month of April with a big warm hug!
This has become one of my more favorite months because (1) it’s my father’s birthday and (2) IT’S NATIONAL POETRY MONTH! <3
If you’ve been a follower of this blog, you know that every year, I feature a poem a day in celebration of National Poetry Month. I would like to encourage readers, poets, authors, and everyone that passes by this space to recommend a poem to me! It would be such a great honor to feature your work here.
I love poems. Ever since I was a kid, it has always been my escape. The lyric, the mystery, the ambiguity, the openness that comes with writing and reading a poem… it’s almost cathartic. It’s an artistic release like no other. And I know I am not alone in feeling this way.
Poets.org has an ongoing digital series for this year’s festivities. You may sign up for it here. They also gave 30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month. I strongly suggest for everyone to do one each day.
So for the entire month of April, I will be featuring poetry from different poets — American, Asian, known, unknown, Tumblr geniuses, WP neighbors and your recommendations. Hopefully, we can all ride out this beautiful month of April with artistry and power of the written word.
Are you psyched?! Me too.
WORK WEDNESDAY: The lonesome daughter
MUSIC MONDAY: When We Were Young by Adele
And so I’m back. It’s been a while. A really long while.
I’m pretty sure I am not the only one that thought of the brilliance of Adele’s new album. I must have read her iD interview a thousand times, and I still can’t get over how optimistic 25 sounds like. I’m so elated that we have new music to enjoy.
I was lucky enough to be online in YouTube when they released the live recording of When We Were Young. At that very moment, I was in the middle of planning one of my life’s biggest events and the lyrics just rang true to me. Everything from that point forward was a change and there was no stopping it.
From time to time, I am still overwhelmed. I had no idea how big of a shift this would be until I was already in it. A part of me feels like I’ve overestimated my confidence in surviving this change, but another part feels that this change is the most natural of all.
It took me a while to write again because I had to yet again find my balance, and I’m glad to report that I am somewhat near it. I’m not as stable as I had hoped to be, but I am absolutely overjoyed that I am not alone in this journey. And because I am rhyming again. Hah.
I heard this song while I was in the shower the other day, and took it as a sign. It just might be time to start writing again.
the salt of your skin 