National Poetry Month begins tomorrow and so does National Poetry Writing Month, more generally known as NaPoWriMo, a challenge to write and post a poem every single day.
I did it last year and it was a startling experience for me. It gave me some poems I'm proud to have in my oeuvre, some poems that spawned other poems, and some poems that were ho-hum. It taught me things about my process and gave me new ways to work. Best of all, completing this challenge convinced me I could complete other challenges.
I swear I credit NaPoWriMo2009 for my success in losing 40 lbs, a challenge I embarked on the very next month.
So I'm doing it again. I'm scared I won't finish. I'm scared I won't be able to write a poem every day and do all the other creative projects I'm committed to doing. But I've got to try.
Check out other NaPoWriMo-ers here: NaPoWriMo2010
And get all kinds of poetry goodies here, including signing up for an email Poem a Day: Academy of American Poets
Knopf will also send you a poem every day in April and has beautiful broadsides you can download and print out. Check out this page: Knopf Poem-a-Day
Big breath. Smile. I'm excited!!
'Zann
I know you can complete this challenge Zann, I have every faith in you. I love hearing that completeing this last year gave you the confidence to complete other projects. That's exactly what I need to hear right now! I'm a week into my write-a-novel-in-a-month experiment and I've written 9045 words and am 23% of the way through it.
ReplyDeleteI'm beginning to think I could do this every month! I'm going to send you an mp3 for inspiration...
Andrew Xx
Hi. I hope you don't consider this intrusive. I found your blog on www.napowrimo.net, and am also planning on participating. I thought it would be good motivation to find other people who were writing throughout this month as well. My blog is here: http://through-a-mirror.blogspot.com/ if you care to add. If not, you can disregard this comment.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your poetry!