Hi everyone, did you know that it is somehow already April?! Yeah, I don't know where the hell this year has gone. 2026 has not been super kind to us, so far, but there have been some lights in the darkness, and poetry is always one of them for me. If you're new here (who is new here in 2026, lol), I will be posting a poem every day (more or less) from now until April 30 in celebration of National Poetry Month. This year is the 30th anniversary of NPM, which started in 1996; I started posting poems in 2007, so next year will be my 20th anniversary. Time sure does keep happening.
As I always say, I'm never exactly sure, going in, what any year's April will bring, but I hope you'll enjoy the journey with me. ♥
I saw this poem on Instagram in the middle of the month last April and immediately put it on my spreadsheet to open this year. Sometimes I can stick to a plan!
Maybe January was never meant
to be the beginning.
Maybe the year starts slowly
on purpose—
a quiet stretch,
a deep inhale,
the soft ache of waking up.
Maybe February was shaking off,
and March was the gathering
of strength—
a slow return to ourselves.
And maybe April
is when it really begins.
When the light lingers,
when our hearts beat louder,
when we are truly ready
to start again—
not because we should,
but because we're finally
warm enough to want to.
—Kaylin Weir, "April Theory," posted to Instagram on April 13, 2025.
