To wrap up National Poetry Month, Texas Standard is collecting your short poems about Texas. That was the inspiration for this Typewriter Rodeo poem. Click here to record your poem here and we may use it on the radio.
Everyday Poets
It’s really just
Words
Flung on a page
In only the way
You can
Yup some folks
Demand fancy quatrains
Sonnets and perfect meter
And if that’s your style
Fine!
But just like some folks
Prefer vanilla
To mint chocolate chip
To Cherry Garcia
Everyone
Has their own poetry flavor
And your words could be elegant
Or they could waddle
You could write about hope!
Or an axolotl
Your lines could be dull
Or sparkle like jewels
The great thing about poetry?
There are no rules
So get out that typewriter
Computer or pen
Don’t overthink it
Just begin!
You don’t need a degree
Or permission to start
To be a poet?
Just write, from the heart.
Typewriter Rodeo airs each Friday on Texas Standard. Send us your ideas for a poem on 
