napowrimo

I'm a big fan of National Novel Writing Month (aka, NaNoWriMo), in which thousands of people commit to writing a 50,000 word novel during November. It's a great idea, a lovely community, and marks the 30 most productive days of my year. The only problem with NaNoWriMo is that it only comes around once a year. How can I keep the frenzy of wild words and questionable plot devices sustained during eleven other months, which are already filled with too many obligations?

NaPoWriMo, that's how. Clearly riding on the coattails of it's noveling counterpart, participants commit to writing a poem a day for 30 days, those 30 days being the month of April, which also happens to be National Poetry Month. Despite the fact that I have not written poetry seriously since my undergrad days (and despite the fact that I was never a very good poet, even then) (and despite the fact that I've already given up drinking for the month, and sober poems were never my strong suit) I'm going to give it a try. Because let's be serious - is there any short-lived challenge that I won't sign up for?

You can find more information about NaPoWriMo, along with daily poetry prompts throughout the month, at the Read Write Poem website. I'm not planning on posting my poems here (I'm not that cruel) but I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else plans on participating.