April Grins

[Mark A Becker]

Attuned to my own rhythms, when I use a relentless gimmick like this, I like to give some relief after a while, and make a stanza or so with less relentlessness.
But that doesn't fit the relentless tone of the poem.

The second stanza opens with a line that would fit a change in rhythm. That it doesn't is the point.

Thanks for the comment rowens. The gimmick in this one is my light hearted twist to the opening of The Wasteland by Eliot.