How to do napowrimo 2009 (a poem a day during April) by Tiisi

"I wrote more, and better, poems in April 2009 than I ever had before. It validated me as a poet and dedicated writer.""

How I did it: I read the prompt in the morning, usually before I checked email or other sites, and wrote the poem right away. There were perhaps four or five that I wrote later in the morning. Weekends were the biggest challenge. Each poem took me approximately 15-20 minutes and I'm not much of a reviser or polisher, so I'd pop them up on 43Things and facebook and be done. I most enjoyed the prompts that annoyed me at first reading. I plan to write a poem every day in May 2009, too. This poetry thing is addictive.

Lessons & tips: BEGIN: You may need to write half a vague pointless poem to get one phrase that can birth a taut arrow.

WORK IN COMMUNITY: Having support and reading others' poetry helps immensely.

Resources: 43Things, especially Ruth's posting of prompts
43T NPWM poets, all of you!
Laptop, google, readwritepoem.org


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Apr 30, 09:53AM PDT | 2 comments | 8 cheers


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rosymamacita is trying to recover her 43t chops. stand by

I did this, too

But I didn’t continue to write my poems once the month ended.

Maybe I should. I mostly wrote them when I escaped to the bathroom in the morning anyway.

I still have to go to the bathroom, why not keep writing poems?

Jun 09, 06:26AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

Tiisi

Why not?

I just wrote my 70-somethingth poem in 70 days and it feels great. Like a mini mind workout every morning.

Jun 09, 08:26AM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer


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