It’s almost April, almost time for Poetry Month. A month wholly given over to the pleasures of poetry.
A Poem Every Day
If you want to write a poem every day, I love learning from
’s advice and experience.tips and tricks for sustaining a month of writing
a reflection after the month of writing was over
and a report, that after such a fertile month, May included less writing
Approachable Prompts
If you like the merest suggestion of a prompt, you might like my One Word Prompts. Pick a word and write for 7 minutes.
You’ll be surprised at where this deceptively simple practice can take you. This morning my word was *lemon* and I ended up writing about my great grandfather’s first wife who died of pellagra. Here are prompts for you
based on the slow read of Wolf Hall
from Joan Didion’s classic “On Keeping Notebooks”
and from the luminous Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Lines for the Common
Holly Wren Spaulding and
are hosting a workshop tomorrow that will introduce the practice of commonplacing and creating a cento. All month long they will be seeding the meadow where their poems bloom byreading a poem each day
selecting favorite lines or images
copying them into a notebook
Poems Every Morning
If you are looking for a simple way to add reading a poem into your morning routine, I can think of no better resource than Fernwood Press. Just send the good folks your email address and they will send a poem every day.
Poetry Postcards
And if you’d like me to send you a poetry postcard in the post, you can begin a paid subscription. There’s nothing better than poetry mail. And I would love to celebrate this month with you!
How will you give yourself to the pleasure of poetry? What’s blooming where you are?
This is great. Has got me properly jazzed up. Thanks!
thanks for the mention! I'm writing a poem-a-day this April for the third year running and getting excited about it