National Poetry Month

[Vatman]

Each year in April, the Academy of American Poets sponsors the event, and I feel like we may as well do the same. Can the world really be all that worse a place with a few more poems?

The Challenge: Write a Poem every single day of April

To participate in this annual activity, simply start a new thread in the Original Artwork/Writing forum with "[Your Name] NaPo" as the subject line. Each day, add your new poem to the existing thread by posting a reply. That's it! No guidelines to your poems. No format. No judgmental teachers. Just the intimacy found in writing. Though anyone may comment on each others' threads, poems posted in this subject format are not for critique unless the author specifies it.

Writing a poem everyday for a month is not only a great exercise in writing but also a gateway into self understanding. And its pretty difficult as well, trust me I know.

[AWOL]

I'll do it, but I suck at poetry... This is kind of like 24 hour comic day... Write a comic every hour your awake about something you did during that hour... Though you can spice it up or change it a bit...

[Vatman]

火 Wrote:I'll do it, but I suck at poetry... This is kind of like 24 hour comic day... Write a comic every hour your awake about something you did during that hour... Though you can spice it up or change it a bit...

That seems quite the comical challenge indeed. But you will find that after the first week it will become increasingly hard to write poems. Or rather, come up with ideas to write poems.

[AWOL]

The thing I learned about the comic thing (or what I was forced to learn, you had to do it) was that you can get so many ideas from random things around you... At the moment I have at least seven ideas just by listening to The Final Sacrifice - Avatasia.

EDIT: Oh yeah, nice pun...

[returnal]

My writing is total crap, but hey, I might try.

[Vatman]

Newtown Wrote:My writing is total crap, but hey, I might try.

Its not about writing well, its about pushing yourself to write. If you wanted to write a truly amazing poem then it would take weeks of editing and deliberation to perfect. The beauty behind national poetry month is that the poems stand proud and unfiltered. Pure human thought.

[classclown]

ill do it, they wont sound smooth or flowing but yea.

[Vatman]

Get excited everyone...tomorrow is the start of our gauntlet of grandure. Rev up your pens and get to work!

[Vatman]

Voila, its here. ITS HAPPENING. Its action, Oh yeah, that’s when you jump. Push. Flare into life, whatever.

LET THE POETRY COMMENCE.

[random_name]

I'll try. it wont be great, but i'll try.

[Vatman]

ITS NOT TO LATE TO PARTICIPATE, you can start at any time of the month if you would like....

[returnal]

Got my thread set up: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=14043
This is pretty fun. It's not exactly making me better, but who cares? It makes writing much more fun.
Thanks for the heads up, Vat.

[Vatman]

UPDATE: I notice that the mad rush of poetry is starting to die down, and on that note I have an event inside of the NaPo event to add to our list of awesomeness.

Yea, I know. We all love the twists.

For April 20th, write a poem about why you think school is inefficient. Mind you, not why you hate school, but why it doesn't work.

Good writing!

[returnal]

Vatman Wrote:UPDATE: I notice that the mad rush of poetry is starting to die down, and on that note I have an event inside of the NaPo event to add to our list of awesomeness.

Yea, I know. We all love the twists.

For April 20th, write a poem about why you think school is inefficient. Mind you, not why you hate school, but why it doesn't work.

Good writing!

Oddly, the 20th is also the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shooting...

[Vatman]

Well, that's a coincidence.

[AWOL]

Sure Vatman. Sure it's a coincidence.

[Vatman]

My fellow poets, poetry month is coming to an end on the morrow, hopefully April has been kind to you and you have found that you have learned something by the experience of writing daily; I thank all that have participated and have very much enjoyed reading your writing.

With all due respect
~Vatman