National Poetry Month

The Last Week of a Poet's Time Travel Journey . . .

It’s the last week of National Poetry Month!

Wow, it’s been so much fun going down memory lane, looking at all of my old poems. It’s inspired me to start writing poetry again! I hope you’ve enjoyed getting a look at my early musings as a writer.

This week, the two poems I’ve chosen were written in my early twenties. Maybe 21? I’m honestly not sure. To be honest, I didn’t realize exactly how many poems I had until I started going through them. There are hundreds!

If you’ve enjoyed National Poetry month, have a favorite poem or poet you’d like to share, let me know in the comments! Once again, thanks for coming down this journey of memory lane through poems with me.

Now, here are the poems . . .

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The Mountain Climb

A man once said, “It’s not the view from the top, it’s the climb that brings the most satisfaction.” He told a story of a man, who climbed to the highest peak. Each step an accomplishment, like a badge on his coat, a trophy on the shelf, waiting…