poetry
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Day 1: Five Aces, Behind the Poem
For April Fool’s Day, I chose the poem “Five Aces.” This poem is about setting yourself up for success and alludes to loading your hand of playing cards during a game. Yes, this is cheating. No, I do not condone cheating at cards. However, in the game of life, sometimes we need to stay one…
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April is National Poetry Month!
Tomorrow is the first day of April, meaning that it is also the start of National Poetry Month in the US. To celebrate, I will be posting one poem per day, every day during the month of April! You may remember that I tried this project two years ago with readings from my self-published book…