At the Daily Post, we’re all familiar with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but did you know that April is National Poetry Month? First established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month is a month-long celebration of the art of poetry and American poets. Anyone can participate, either through events organized by local bookshops and libraries or on their own, with personal writing challenges and celebrations. Coincidentally, April is also National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) and just like NaNoWriMo, the idea of National Poetry Writing Month is to write a poem a day for the month of April.
It seems that we’ve been subconsciously channelling National Poetry Month. In case last week’s post about using social networks to inspire poetry or Daryl’s post on the Jabberwocky haven’t yet convinced you, National Poetry Month is a great time to try your hand at some poetry-writin’. You can connect with other NaPoWriMo writers to get inspiration via the Topics page or check out this map from the American Academy of Poets to check out some local events.
If writing poetry isn’t your thing, you can also celebrate with any number of the Academy of American Poets’ “30 Ways to Celebrate,” including memorizing a poem, leaving poetry in unexpected places, or simply making a note to read a poem during your lunch break. Others have found more creative ways to celebrate, including Brain Pickings’ “Book Spine Poetry.”
How will you celebrate National Poetry Month?
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I just posted about this today! I guess great minds think alike 🙂
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Thank you for the information! I’ve been so busy with the gear down for this semester that I’ve forgotten about Poetry Month!
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I am on a quest to write one poem a day. On April 20th I will be at the 6 month mark.
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I posted poems I had written way back in 1983 for couple of weeks leading up to Easter…Didn’t know I was having the opportunity to participate in National Poetry Month at the same time…Funny…how things work out! ~mkg
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I’m celebrating by reading a poem a day (subscribed to 2 services). AND I interviewed my favourite poetry instructor and posted the interview on my blog last Friday.
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Oh wow, I didn’t even know this was a thing! 😀
Inspiration, thy name is poetry!
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Each April and November, Robert Lee Brewer (Poetic Asides – http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-prompts/2012-april-pad-challenge-day-17) does a challenge-a-day prompt which is great fun. My personal favorite came from Thich Nhat Hahn: a six-line awareness poem a day. Just six lines! A great practice in lieu of morning pages if you’re short on time. Enjoy!
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I view prayer as a poem and as a song. I hope to increase the number of original prayers i post on my blog this month.
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i know ,i know and i am sure you know
in heard ,in mind just you are
you know
let me exspress, with my way
you are the unique..in my eye
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I love the links above. What I’m doing is publishing two poems this month, instead of just posting one every once in a while like I usually do 🙂
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I celebrated by entering the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest with:
So my FIRST post this month was a poem.
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I started a new blog to celebrate life in poetry this April. Much creative fun. http://livingpoetrymine.wordpress.com/
I will check out the poetry prompts mentioned here too.
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Go Poetry. Put on your party dress. Its your month!! Woohoo. Thanks for this post. Grateful here.
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Pity it’s only for American poets…
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Reblogged this on sparrow754.
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Today I celebrated with a bit of National Haiku Poetry Day haiku. 😉
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Another wonderful post! I read a poem a day and share it with 5 people. Thanks Erica.
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I was unaware of this until recently. I started a new blog this month on poetry and my writing projects without even realizing it was poetry month – weird how it works out like that.
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I’m not exactly the best with poems, but i’m inspired to get my brain juice flowing the next time i’m on the plane with nothing to do
perhaps i’ll start with haiku
yes i think i’ll do
oh look there we have it now 🙂
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I started my journey of personal writing almost 30 years by writing poetry, pouring out my heart into words. By age 20, I had written close to 200 poems. Writing is my way of self-expression and has been my way of healing.
I’d like to share 2 very different poems I’ve written:
Thanks for reading.
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I’ve written a blog post, inspired by DailyPost. Thank you, DailyPost. http://janetscraft.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/this-is-a-chinese-poem-you-cant-possibly-perform/
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This inspired me to write a post about science writing and poetry. I went to the Mass Poetry Festival today. http://katfriedrich.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/science-communication-toolkit-part-2/
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I had no idea
That this was so
So now I feel
Like such a dope
I am glad
You’ve written this
It was tres
Informative
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I love poetry!!!
…And I’m already writing some on my blog, even when it’s not National Poetry Month.
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Reblogged this on Da Poets Corner dotcom.
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