Tips for getting started in poetry

April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, I'm scattering poetry love among my fellow bloggers. 

Today I'm over at Connie Keller's blog "A Merry Heart," with tips for beginner poets, "Make Words Your Playground." 

Photo credit: imelenchon from morguefile.comMany writers fear poetry based on misperceptions: it is old-fashioned and frivolous, or else it's much, much, much too hard to read or write.

 Honestly, most poetry is not highbrow and esoteric; it can be very FUN to w...