I don’t like to, but…
Oh, why not?
But first I gotta math,
and I don’t math,
so what’s 356 times 2?
I calculator, though,
so… 712?
That’s, well, not
nearly as many as
some poets who’ve
put up their verses
daily for many years.
But as of today, this is
my 713th daily poem.
Two years!
And as another
everyday poet I greatly
admire says,
They don’t have to be good.
They just have to be done.
And if you think they’re
not good enough,
lower your standards.
It’s the practice that counts,
the not holding back,
just lettin’ ’em emerge,
not thinking about anything
but getting the words
on the page before they fly off,
as they can so easily do,
into some other
lucky poet’s head.
•••
Thanks to Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer for her terrific example of her
many years of daily poems and the encouragement to others like me.
Güd wrtr 
You have every right/write to brag! Congratulations on this commitment and discipline! To ALL the poems on this blog – the everyday, the shiny and the BRILLIANT!
xox
Thank you, dear Sue! I love that—”the everyday, the shiny and the brilliant.” All of those, yes!
Woo HOOOOOOOO!!!!! So glad I get to read you each day!!!!!
I’m so grateful that you do, Susie! Many thanks!
Congratulations, Jan! I love the way you use math and calculator as verbs!
Thanks so much, Louise! Isn’t it a delight? Nouning verbs and verbing nouns? Such wordplay we writers do!
Congratulations dear Jan! It feels like I have enjoyed all 713 so kudos to catching them and so lovingly sharing them with the rest of us! It’s a beautiful little meditation in my day and I appreciate every single one!
Thank you, dear Kara, for your kind, consistent attention to these poems. I deeply appreciate it and YOU!