<a href="http://bentlily.com/instapoem/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10378" title="instapoem" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/instapoem.png" alt="" width="220" height="220" /></a>Happy <a href="http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/47" target="_blank"><strong>National Poetry Month</strong></a>, Everyone!

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I am not a poet.

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Forget about <em>writing</em> poetry, I've never even quite <em>understood</em> poetry.  Most Poetry that I've come across is so profound and deep, that I have no earthly idea what the hell it means.

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Although . . . .

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I'm a fairly smart cookie.  Is Poetry really that "profound", or . . . .

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Is Poetry a bit too far up its own arse?

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(Thank you to my friend,<a href="http://samfrancisco.me/" target="_blank"><strong> Sam</strong></a>, for my new favourite Briticism!)

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Are you with me on this?

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Take heart, my friends.  There is a poet amongst us who brings poetry to the masses.   Not only does she compose a meaningful poem a day (wow!) that can be deciphered by a normal human being, she also helps us common folk write our own poetry through the power of technology and PLAY.

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When I stumbled upon<strong> <a href="http://bentlily.com/instapoem/" target="_blank">InstaPoem</a>,</strong> I couldn't resist.  I clicked over to a page that resembled Mad Libs Poetry Edition, spontaneously chose my nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc., and . . . .

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<span style="font-size: medium; color: #800080;"><strong>Voila!  I was officially a poet!</strong></span>

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<a href="http://bentlily.com/instapoems/rxqvtwzuaqu5pusqo/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-10398 alignnone" title="Screen shot 2012-04-17 at 7.20.26 PM" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-7.20.26-PM.png" alt="" width="289" height="497" /></a>

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I was hooked.  I clicked over to the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Bentlily" target="_blank"><strong>bentlily/</strong><strong>InstaPoem facebook page</strong></a> where <a href="http://bentlily.com/about/" target="_blank"><strong>Samantha Reynolds</strong></a> (not to be confused with Sam the Brit) promised yet another Mad Libs-eque poetry creation!  However, when I landed on facebook, I realized that last time I logged in, it was on behalf of my dog.

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(Yes.  I am one of <em>those</em> people whose<a href="http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch" target="_blank"><strong> dog has a facebook page</strong></a>.  But remember, this was all in the name of a 365 Living Curiously blog project.  When immersed in a 365 day challenge, there is a great risk of going<strong> <a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/" target="_blank">coo coo for cocoa puffs</a></strong> around Day 220.)

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I was either too lazy to log off as my dog, or too warped to log off as my dog, but ultimately, I decided that Little Miss B fancied  herself a poet as well.

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<a href="http://bentlily.com/instapoems/3fewntlllvc21fh11/" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10399" title="Screen shot 2012-04-17 at 7.19.44 PM" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Screen-shot-2012-04-17-at-7.19.44-PM.png" alt="" width="291" height="469" /></a>

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How about you?  Are you a poet and don't know it?  Head on over to <a href="http://bentlily.com/instapoem/" target="_blank"><strong>InstaPoem</strong></a> and share your genius with us in the comments section.  (Samantha's site is uber-user-friendly, and she provides you with links to your poetry that you can paste below!)

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