10:55 a.m. I’m hoping to make a book with some of these poems. I do it every year. Sometimes I use all the poems I write in the month of April, sometimes only some of them.

I imagine this will be one of the “only some of them” years.

In all seriousness, I am always happy to have the abundance of poetry that April leaves me with. So today I’m dedicating my poem to the theme of abundance.

Abundance
by Michelle Garren-Flye

We pray for it, for enough—
or just a little more—
and when we get the stuff
we will be happier than before.

It's something that we know—
or something that we feel—
whose elusiveness may bring us low
because it's all too real.

Take my hand as we whirl on—
a continuous everlasting dance—
work our way through life's echelon
in endless search for abundance.

11:24 a.m. I thought it was a sonnet, but it ended too soon.

11:32 a.m. Took a break to answer texts. I’m back. Let’s go over and rewrite a couple of rough patches.

Abundance
by Michelle Garren-Flye

We pray for it, for enough—
or just a little more—
because when we get the stuff
we will be happier than before.

It's something that we know—
or something that we feel—
whose elusivity may bring us low
but we'll seek on with zeal.

Take my hand as we whirl on—
a continuous everlasting dance—
we'll work through the echelon
in endless search for abundance.

11:51 a.m. I think the rhythm is better. Of course, “dance” and “abundance” rhyme is a stretch. Hope you enjoyed! We have one more tomorrow. Let’s see what we come up with.