It is that time of the year again!!  Poets across America and indeed the world unfurl their writing flags and prepare to engage in mental combat with the esteemed challenge to write a poem a day for a month.   Not just any poems are enough for this challenge either.  Instead, the hope is that we find ourselves able to respond to a variety of forms and other prompts in a way that will bring glory and honor… if nowhere else but in our own hearts and minds.

Quite naturally, I started behind the eight ball this year.  The excuses form that well this year, I have had computer difficulties to overcome and my two precious daughters are here on visitation.  But, I have to be real.  I knew this was the month and my girls are poetry in motion.  Inspiration forms as quickly as words that I mentally accumulate in my head with every passing moment with these two angels.  So, no, there are no excuses.  I am just a daddy behind a deadline and needing to play catch up.

For those at home who care to play along and are not already doing so, you can catch up starting with these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

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I will start on this not tomorrow.  Instead, I will at least tell myself and others that I will start at this business of catching up later tonight.  For now, I need some quality time with the love of my life and one of my three top reasons to smile and write poetry, Ally.

Mahalo for checking in and Aloha for now,

Michael Romani