My first National Poetry Month Expressing life as a poem I want to shout out 3 poets who guided me 3 poets whose pages inspired me To write, share, develop My own formula for truth I already mentioned Godmother Maya Angelou Extending a good word to help Lift the people up onto higher ground Now let me show sum love to another Mother Nikki Giovanni showed me how Poetry could be easy Like Sunday morning... I found Utopia Turning digital page after page Devouring meals prepared in the kitchen of her soul Encouraged I went in search of other poets and found A kindred sister Alex Elle Lighting candles around the block with her Healing Neon Soul Short verses reading like lullabies I played through the night until the sun rose at dawn