10:30 a.m. And so our month of verse draws to a close. I have a few things to get done today, including the newsletter for my store, but this has been a poem that’s 30 days coming, basically. That’s a good amount of time.

And the only thing I can think of for a theme is that I want it to sum everything up.

So what was this month about?

• My corner of the world.
• Making things better?
• Complaining less.
• Exploring different poetic forms.
• A conversation in a way, since I wrote the poems “live”.

10:36 a.m. So, let’s give it a try:

Lay your head down for rest,
feel the world fall away.
Are you comfortable now
that you're out of the fray?

I know I've done my best
to take the cares of the world.
I've dressed them up, sent them off
changed the way they unfurled.

I hope that I have passed the test
and turned your worries into verse.
Admit it, you're glad I did it,
or at least you know it could be worse.

10:55 a.m. Not quite freeform. Interesting rhyme scheme. A/B/C/B, A/D/E/D, A/F/G/F. I may like to rhyme, but you gotta admit I don’t always rhyme the same way. Let’s title and polish.

Change
by Michelle Garren-Flye

Lay your head down for rest,
feel the world fall away.
Are you comfortable now
that you're out of the fray?

I know I've done my best
to take the cares of the world.
I've dressed them up, sent them off,
changed the way they unfurled.

I hope that I have passed the test
by turning worries into verse.
Admit it, you're glad I did it—
or at least you know it could be worse.

11:04 a.m. Goodbye for now.