NaPoWriMo

In the United States, April is National Poetry Month. Bloggers, as is our wont, have appropriated this event for own puposes, and celebrate it as National Poetry Writing Month, or NaPoWriMo (adapted from National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo.) Participants commit to write a poem every day for the month of April. Many of these efforts are posted; some are quickly hidden away. Here at Watermark, I've commited to posting a poetry- related post every day. Some of those may be my daily poem.

Our Blogging Poet Leader for this annual event is Maureen at SQUASH BLOSSOM!  In past years, most of the action has been collected at Maureen's blog. This year, there is participation all over the place -- and so, confronted with the question of where to link my buttons, I decided to make a page just for this. I made my own button, that black & white one up top. [Want it? Just right-click, save to your own computer, then upload to your site.]

UPDATE:  No fooling: Write a poem a day in April! Robert Lee Brewer at Writer's Digest has also posted an April challenge:

. . . the purpose of this post is to prepare you for a wild and crazy April poetry challenge. As you probably know, April is National Poetry Month and to celebrate I decided to challenge myself to writing a poem each day--not worrying about quality as much (that's why revision was invented) as getting some first draft material to work with. And I want to encourage you to join me.

To help you out, I've been preparing a series of poetry prompts for each day of the month of April. In fact, I'm even thinking I'll do a "Two for Tuesday" poetry prompt each week as well.

Anyone who writes a poem a day and posts that poem in the comments of each prompt will get something of value from yours truly over the summer.

This page will change during the month. I'll add new sites and participants as I find them, and I'll post the NaPoWriMo blogroll, too -- just a little linklove. We poets need all the linklove we can get.

At the bottom, I'll put the Official Poets.Org info -- lots to read, do, play with!

PLACES TO GO:

Maureen is NaPoWriMo Central






More NaPoWriMo BUTTONS at Ivy's

Poets.org Forum Index --> NaPoWriMo April 2008



The NaPoWriMo category here at Watermark

PEOPLE TO READ:

Will Brown Online
A Page of Woe Absolved
Perfect Lines
The Booth of Our Conniving
Bloof Blog
jump(s) the track(s)
Slim Windows
Book of Kells
Glamor Levels Hi
Homeschooled by a Cackling Jackal
fringe matters.
Laurel Snyder
Ivy is Here
water veiled
Womb Poetry
Bernadette Geyer
Readwritepoem
Carter's Little Pill
Watermark
Bee's Hovel
The Polka Dot Witch
Chicks Dig Poetry
The Package Insert of Sorrows
Carrie Etter
Dreamspot Dot Dot
Big Window
a wrung sponge
Blogging Poet
Heaven
Shann Palmer says
Stick Poet Super Hero
Vrzhu
Freak Machine Press
Mark Lamoureux
No Starting Point
Dragonfly on a Dog Chain
This is Not Made Up
Hyacinth Girls
For the Time Being
32 Poems
words intended as poetry
Forest River Journal
Lectitans
Carmen Gimenez Smith
Eric's Writing Corner
Possum
Beloved Dreamer
djkreutzer
August Avenue
freefalling me
GottaBook

Stoney Moss
Tad's Opus 40 Blog

PROMPTS & IDEAS:

30 Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month at Book of Kells

informal talk about forms: a brief napowrimo approach at ReadWritePoem

Less is more or less (part one) and Less is more or less (part two) at The Truth About Lies

Prompts at Ivy's

Prompts at Watermark

Poetic Asides with Robert Lee Brewer at Writer's Digest - Poetry Prompts

Inaugurated by the Academy in April 1996, National Poetry Month (NPM) brings together publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools, and poets around the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events.

This years events include:

•  Poem In Your Pocket Day
•  Poetry & the Creative Mind
•  Life Lines Contest
•  Poem-A-Day

Comments

[Robin Reagler]

Sharon, I'm so happy that you've created this page. It's a true gift. Thank you!

[SB]

You are welcome! Please let me know of anything that should be added. It's a work in progress.

[niki]

"Just a little linklove"

That is so cool!

[..deb]

Please add stoney moss (for both ...deb and Whirling Dervish)...thanks, Sharon! I should send you a quote from Maureen, in respnse to an email querry from me before-during the time Jan & I posted stuff at RWP; here it is:

"I think I originated NaPoWriMo...but there could very well be others who came up with the same idea around the same time! I though of it in 2003 after reading about National Novel Writing Month, and thought I would set myself up a challenge for April along the same lines. Other people have joined up each year since then...

All and sundry have my permission forevermore to have NaPoWriMo fun, hold NaPoWriMo parties, etc, etc."

How cool is she? And you!

[SB]

Hi deb -- I saw that note from Maureen, posted somewhere ... so I knew she wouldn't mind.

Stoney Moss is added!