#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 7)

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#napomo, #NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Apparatus Magazine, arthurian legends, artspeak, atlas obscura, Emily Skaja, Gary Soto, George Washington, hatbooks, Jane Hirshfield, John Ashberry, Kimberly Blaeser, Kristin Naca, Martha Silano, Mary Biddinger, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, National Museum of the American Indian, O Magazine, PBS, picture prompts, pink ink press, Poem a Day, poet laureates, Poetic Asides, Poetically Speaking, poetry prompts, poets on twitter, Robert Hass, Sarah Heller, Storybird, Terri Witek, Wild Violet, women poets, Yusef Komunyakaa

Your one-stop source for the best of the prompts, poems and news from DAY SEVEN of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.

Best of the Prompts

ARTSPEAK #7: “Elizabeth Moutal’s Mortars and Pestles”
Mslexia “Childhood Utterings Prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Love Poems & Anti-Love poems”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Sex? poems”
30dpc “Looking Ahead prompt”
Wild Violet “F is for Figure of Speech”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form–Senryu”
The Language Inside’s “Everyday Images w/ Repeated Lines”
Pink Ink Press’ “Romance &Affectionate Moments prompt”
PBS’ El Velador (The Nighwatchman): Place-based Poems
National Museum of the American Indian “Strawberry and Chocolate” picture prompt
Atlas Obscura “Natural Wonders: Grand Prismatic Spring” factoid prompt
Storybird “Poetry Roulette”
NaPoWriMo’s “Money poems”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Thuli Zuma| “90trilliion” (video)
Shakespeare| “Sonnet 126” (read by David Tennant)
Yusef Komunyakaa| “The Shortest Night”
Martha Silano| “Peach Glosa”
Gary Soto| “Oranges”
Sarah Heller| “Leaving Egypt”
Emily Skaja| “Self-Portrait with Hawk & Armada”
Jane Hirshfield| “Tolstoy and the Spider”

Miscellaneous

Ashberry on Poetry & Visual Art
Interview w/ Poet Terri Witek
Uplifting Verses from 11 Strong Female Poets
Eating Lorca: Nouns You Can Smell (Kristin Naca at Poetry)
George Washington as Poet
Poetically Speaking: The Surprises of Poetry
38 Gifted Poets on Twitter
Kimberly Blaeser and the Revelatory Power of Poetry
O Magazine’s 12 Books of Poetry to Savor
Interview: Mary Biddinger
Bankhead Visiting Writers: Robert Hass

 

 

 

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 3)

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#napomo, #NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, Alisha Erin Hillam, Apparatus Magazine, artspeak, Dan Musset, Emilia Phillips, Epistolary Poems, Five 2 One Mag, floodmark poetry, Galway Kinnell, irish modernist poets, jewish poems, Jumping Into Form, Lorraine Mariner, Lucille Clifton, Marcela Shulak, May Swenson, Miss Rumphius Effect, Mslexia Challenge, Neruda, Nikki Giovanni, Po-Emotions, Poem a Day, Poeming, Poems I Have Loved, Poetic Asides, poetry challenges, Poetry in Motion, Poetry magazine, poetry prompts, poetry tumblr, Shape&Nature Press, Sharngrill Willy, Shel Silverstein, Storybird, visual poems, Wild Violet, women poets, Zedeka Poindexter

DAY THREE coming at ya! Best of prompts, poems and news #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth

Best of the Prompts

ARTSPEAK #3: “Manet’s The Railway”
Mslexia “Page 37 Prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Machine Poems”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Dead Famous Prompt”
Kris Bigalk’s “Hodge-Podge prompt”
Storybird “Obsession”
30dpc “Goodbye, Winter Elegy”
Wild Violet “B is for Blues”
Po-Emotions “Surprise”
Five 2 One Mag’s “Dangling Picture Prompt”
NYPL “Epistolary Poems”
Poetry For All’s Video Prompts
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form-Raccontinos”
Shape&Nature Press’ “A Tree’s Ambitions”
Jarvis Subia’s “This Poem is a Life Jacket”
The Language Inside’s “Homage to a physical attribute a la Lucille Clifton”
Reading to the Core’s “Ode to Common Things in the vein of Neruda”
Floodmark Poetry’s “Bathroom Stall prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Dan Musset| “Eggs”
May Swenson| “Strawberrying”
Shangrilla Willy| “Hunger” (with sound)
Alisha Erin Hillam| “If I Had Twitter in 1998”
Nikki Giovanni| “kidnap poem”
Marcela Shulak| “Ecclesiastes”
Morgan Parker| “99 Problems”
Zedeka Poindexter| “Peach Cobbler” (video)
Galway Kinnell| “Saint Francis and the Sow” (Souncloud)
Emilia Phillips| “Supine Body in Full-Length Mirror, Hotel Room, Upper West Side
Lorraine Mariner| “Poem in Which I Turn 40& Still Admit to Fantasizing about Being In a Band “
Shel Silverstein| “Where the Sidewalk Ends”

Miscellaneous

How to Make a Visual Poem (video)
Conversation w/ Gwendolyn Brooks (Lib. of Congress video)
On Irish Modernist Poet Freda Laughton
Mariana Ruiz Firmat on Dawn Lundy Martin at the operating system
Poems of Jewish Faith and Culture Sampler
Free Download of Poetry Magazine April Issue

 

 

 

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 2)

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#napomo, #NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30/30 project, Apparatus Magazine, Big Poetry Book Giveaway, Carol Ann Davis, craft essay, Drunk in Midnight Choir, Jessica Piazza, Jumping Into Form, Megan Falley, Miss Rumphius Effect, Mslexia Challenge, Po-Emotions, Poem a Day, Poems I Have Loved, Poetic Asides, Poetically Speaking, poetry challenges, Poetry in Motion, Poetry postcards, poetry prompts, poetry tumblr, Sherman Alexie, Storybird, Tupelo Press, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, Wislawa Szymborska, writing tips

Bringing you the best of DAY TWO prompts, poems and news #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth

Best of the Prompts

ARTSPEAK #2: “Sewing Chair” (Picture prompt from the National Gallery of Art archives)
Mslexia “Coin Sense-idents”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Secrets Prompt”
Poetry in Motion’s “Feeling Lucky”
Megan Falley’s “Stories from Your Childhood”
Apparatus Magazine’s “News Crawl”
Kris Bigalk’s “Peaceful Storm Metaphor”
Storybird “Magic”
30dpc “Dust off the Dictionary”
West Trestle Review “Personification Prompt”
Wild Violet “A is for Ars Poetica”
Drunk in a Midnight Choir “5 Words”
Po-Emotions “Fear”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form-Renga”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Sherman Alexie| “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel”
Carol Ann Davis| “Easter Morning With Magic Markers”
Jessica Piazza| “Cafe Terrace at Night”
Wislawa Szymborska| “Metaphysics”
Thomas Sayers Ellis|”All Their Stanzas”

Miscellaneous

Tips to Make Every Word Count in Your Poem
Poetry Magazine Podcast: “Cast Poems in the River and Tell Them You Remember”
Please Excuse This Poem’s “Poets as Teenagers” Series (Dorothea Lasky)
Tupelo Press 30/30 Project
Poetically Speaking: Terra Elan McVoy Talks Emily Dickinson
Sign Up For Poetry Postcards From Silver Star School students