AuntShecky
04-02-2012, 03:16 PM
It's April, National Poetry Month.
Do you plan to celebrate or commemorate it in some way?
One thing we could do is read a poem a day for thirty days, either from printed sources (remember those?) or online, and then keep a list of the works we've read, maybe with a sentence or two describing your critical take on it, using a single thread for all thirty of them rather than posting them all separately. There are plenty of good and "safe" online sources for poems on the Web-- Knopf's "A Poem a Day" (http://poem-a-day.knopfdoubleday.com/) as well as The Poetry Foundation. (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audio?show=Poem%20of%20the%20Day)
Since yours fooly is probably ripe to be declared certifiably insane, I've decided to try to write thirty original poems for the thirty days in April. I'm planning to post them all in a single thread in the "Personal Poetry" forum. I realize that this burden I've voluntarily placed upon myself is risky--not only in the fact that I might not be able to write that much verse in rapid succession but also casting a jinx on this beleagured PC, "Pong 3.0." Well, what's Fate for if we can't tempt her!
I bet there are other LitNutters out there who'd want to try to do the same thing? If so, it might be a good idea to put them all in a single thread with your screen name on it. (I put mine in the "Personal Poetry" forum, but now I wonder if the Moderators think I should have put it in this Poetry Games and Contests thread.)
Do you plan to celebrate or commemorate it in some way?
One thing we could do is read a poem a day for thirty days, either from printed sources (remember those?) or online, and then keep a list of the works we've read, maybe with a sentence or two describing your critical take on it, using a single thread for all thirty of them rather than posting them all separately. There are plenty of good and "safe" online sources for poems on the Web-- Knopf's "A Poem a Day" (http://poem-a-day.knopfdoubleday.com/) as well as The Poetry Foundation. (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audio?show=Poem%20of%20the%20Day)
Since yours fooly is probably ripe to be declared certifiably insane, I've decided to try to write thirty original poems for the thirty days in April. I'm planning to post them all in a single thread in the "Personal Poetry" forum. I realize that this burden I've voluntarily placed upon myself is risky--not only in the fact that I might not be able to write that much verse in rapid succession but also casting a jinx on this beleagured PC, "Pong 3.0." Well, what's Fate for if we can't tempt her!
I bet there are other LitNutters out there who'd want to try to do the same thing? If so, it might be a good idea to put them all in a single thread with your screen name on it. (I put mine in the "Personal Poetry" forum, but now I wonder if the Moderators think I should have put it in this Poetry Games and Contests thread.)