#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 29)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, artspeak, Breda Wall Ryan, Diode, Elizabeth Marshall, Ellery Akers, Erin Belieu, Holocaust Poems, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, James Tate, Jo Harjo, list poems, Maggie Smith, Marcus Clayton, Mary Carroll Hackett, Mary Cassatt, Mary Cresswell, Molly Peacock, mslexia, Patty Paine, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, Poetry Daily, poetry humor, Poetry magazine, poetry prompts, Storialist, Tahoma Review, the language inside, Wild Violet, women poets

The best prompts, poems and news from DAY TWENTY-NINE of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth. Can’t believe the month is almost over. Too early to feel the loss?

Best of the Prompts

NaPoWriMo’s “Poems in Review format”
30dpc “Themes in Your Work Exploration prompt”
Mslexia’s “Descrip of the Abstract w/ 5 Senses prompt”
Mary Carroll-Hackett’s “Missed Opportunity prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “What Nobody Knows prompt”
Wild Violet’s “Z is for Zenith prompt”
The Language Inside’s “The Pain of Love prompt”
ARTSPEAK #29 “Mary Cassatt’s The Bath”
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads’ “Flowers Named After Animals/Birds Named After Flowers”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Breda Wall Ryan| “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife”
Maggie Smith| “Reading the Train Book, I Think of Lisa”
James Tate| “It Happens Like This”
Ellery Akers| “The Word That Is a Prayer”
Molly Peacock| “Commands of Love”
Elizabeth Marshall| “The Blues”
Jo Harjo| “Perhaps the World Ends Here”
Erin Belieu| “I Growed No Potatoes to Write About, Sir”
Mary Cresswell| “Three Ghazals for the Dervish”

Miscellaneous

PoetryDaily Fundraiser
On Poems That Take Inventory at The Storialist
Marcus Clayton blogs about Polaroids, nostalgia, and poetry at Tahoma Review
Holocaust Poems: Interview with Poet and Filmmaker Janet R. Kirchheimer (Part 1)
Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions
21 Times Tumblr Nailed Poetry Humor at Buzzfeed

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 26)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, Amy Lowell, Asian Americans poets, Beastly Verse, Brain Pickings, Claudia Rankine, Ellen Hopkins, Flashbang Writing Studio, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jamaal May, Marianne Moore, Mark Jarman, Mary Biddinger, mslexia, Pablo Neruda, pink ink press, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, poetry prompts, Robin Scofield, Stories& Slams, the language inside, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, women poets

The best prompts, poems and news from DAY TWENTY-SIX of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.

Best of the Prompts

Mslexia’s “Tiny Square prompt”
The Language Inside’s “Boundaries prompt”
Imaginary Garden with Read Toads “3 for 1 Play it Again prompt”
Flashbang Writing Studio’s “So Good You Can Taste It (after Diane Lockward)”
West Trestle Review “How-To Extended metaphor poems”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Words of Shakespeare prompt”
Stories& Slams’ “Conversations w/ Friends prompt”
Wild Violet’s “W is for Word prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Persona Poems”
Pink Ink Press’ “The Fabrication prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Gwendolyn Brooks| “We Real Cool”
Mark Jarman| “Then Saw the Problem”
Amy Lowell| “Superstition”
Mary Biddinger| “Burying the Apron”
Jamaal May| “Sky Now Black with Birds” (video)
Robin Scofield| “Three Paintings by Monet”
Claudia Rankine| from “You are in the dark, in the car….”
Marianne Moore| “The Fish”

Miscellaneous

Asian-American Poets to Watch at NBC news
Painting the Verbal Landscape: Ellen Hopkins at Write All The Words
Ode to the Captain: Discovering Pablo Neruda at fsgworkinprogress blog
Beastly Verse: From Lewis Carroll to William Blake, Beloved Poems About Animals in Vibrant& Unusual Illustrations at Brain Pickings

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 25)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, AGNI, Apparatus Magazine, Elean Ni Chulleanain, Flashbang Writing Studio, Galway Kinnell, Kristen Tracy, Li-Young Lee, Louise Erdrich, lunch poems, Marilyn Robertson, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, Negative Capability Press, pink ink press, Ploughshares, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, poetry prompts, Stories& Slams, the language inside, Wild Violet, William Butler Yeats, women poets, Write About Now

The best prompts, poems and news from DAY TWENTY-FIVE of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.

Best of the Prompts

The Language Inside’s “Fantasies of Running Away after Maxine Kumin”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Journalistic Observer prompt”
Negative Capability Press’ “Dreaming in the Still of Night prompt”
Write About Now’s “Make-up poems”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Sea Poems”
Stories& Slams’ “Spring Haikus”
Wild Violet’s “V is for Viewpoint prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Clerihew prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “Dream within a Dream prompt”
Mslexia’s “Spam mail into Poem prompt”
30dpc “Imagery of Spring prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Eiléan Ní Chulleanáin| “Incipt Hodie”
Li-Young Lee| “This Hour and What is Dead”
Louise Erdrich| “Windigo”
Marilyn Robertson| “On Reading a Poem by Phillis Levin”
William Butler Yeats| “When You Are Old”
Galway Kinnell| “Oatmeal” (w/ audio)
Kristen Tracey| “Hanging Up”

Miscellaneous

7 British Poets Read from Ploughshares’ Transatlantic Issue (video)
Lunch Poems: Luis Rodriguez

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 21)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, Ampersand podcast, Anne Harding Woodworth, Apparatus Magazine, artspeak, craft talks, Degas, Distinguished Writers, Dorianne Laux, Flashbang Writing Studio, floodmark poetry, G.C. Waldrep, Jessica Goodfellow, Kenzie Allen, Kevin Young, Mark Doty, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, Natalie Diaz, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, Poetry Foundation, Poetry magazine, poetry prompts, Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, The Art of Reading (Poetry) Well, the language inside, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, women poets

The best prompts, poems and news from DAY TWENTY-ONE of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.

Best of the Prompts

Flashbang Writing Studio’s “Golden Shovel prompt”
West Trestle Review’s “Talking Pet prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “What You Are/What You Are Not prompt “
ARTSPEAK #21: “Degas’ The Dance Lesson”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Treasured Keepsakes prompt”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Persona poems”
Wild Violet’s “R is for Repetition prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Erasure prompt”
Floodmark Poetry’s “Word List prompt”
The Language Inside’s “Transformation/Masks/Costume prompt”
Mslexia’s “Objects that Belonged to Your Parents prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Jessica Goodfellow| “Rain”
Anne Harding Woodworth| “Empty Nest”
Natalie Diaz| “Grief Work”
Kenzie Allen| “Pathology”
G.C. Waldrep| “Settlement Song”
Dorianne Laux| “Bed”
Rabbi Rachel Barenblat| “Day 17 (of the Omer): Taste & See”

Miscellaneous

Dorianne Laux and Kevin Young: Distinguished Writers Series at Wellesley College (video)
The Art of Reading Well: Poetry as an Art & Craft at dark ecologies
Ampersand: Poets& Writers podcast 1 ( Interview w/ Mark Doty)

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 18)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 52 blog, Anita Endrezze, Apparatus Magazine, Boston Poetry Slam, Chuck Perkins, craft talks, CryptoPo, Ellen Moody, Garrett Hongo, Harriet blog, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Jo Pitkin, Joy Harjo, lunch poems, Lyn Hejinian, Marge Piercy, Michael Dwayne Smith, mslexia, Negative Capability Press, New Orleans poet, pink ink press, Poem a Day, poet interviews, Poetic Asides, poetry foremothers, Poetry Foundation, Poetry magazine, poetry prompts, the language inside, Wendy Pratt, Wild Violet, women poets

The best prompts, poems and news from DAY EIGHTEEN of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.

Best of the Prompts

NaPoWriMo’s “Urgent Journey prompt”
REWIND 52 blog’s “HOME prompt after Zepeda, Figura or Sheryl St. Germaine”
REWIND Boston Poetry Slam “Urban Myth prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Vowels Poems “
Negative Capability Press’ “Bernadette Mayer Experiments prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “Personifying the Muse prompt”
Flashbang Writing Studio’s “Twitter Poems”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Exploring Music prompt”
The Language Inside’s “Holiday rituals & traditions prompt”
Imaginary Garden w/ Real Toads’ “Words of Nimoy or Pratchett prompt”
Mslexia’s “Eavesdrop prompt”
Wild Violet’s “P is for Prose Poems”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Marge Piercy| “The Scent of Apple Cake”
Jo Pitkin| “Luna Moths”
Anita Endrezze| “This is a Poem About Indians”
Wendy Pratt| “Nan Hardwick Turns Into a Hare”
Joy Harjo| “Insomnia and the Seven Steps to Grace”
Garrett Hongo| “I Got Heaven…”
Michael Dwayne Smith| “How to Grieve”
Chuck Perkins| “Jack”

Miscellaneous

Post-Poetry, Part 1: CryptoPo at Harriet Blog
30 Poetry Foremothers presented by Ellen Moody
Lunch Poems: Lyn Hejinian

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 17)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, Apparatus Magazine, BOMB magazine, Boston Poetry Slam, craft talks, Drunken Boat, Ed Bok Lee, Karen Marie Christa Minns, Kay Ryan, Kimiko Hahn, Liesl Muller, Matthew Zapruder, Miss Rumphius Effect, Monica Ferrell, Negative Capability Press, pink ink press, Poem a Day, poet interviews, Poetic Asides, Poetry Foundation, Poetry magazine, poetry prompts, Sherman Alexie, the language inside, tweetspeak, West Trestle Review, women poets

The best prompts, poems and news from DAY SEVENTEEN of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.

Best of the Prompts

West Trestle Review’s “Self Portrait with ____ prompt”
Boston Poetry Slam “Quaint Tech prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Swing Poems “
Negative Capability Press’ “Dare to Bitch prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “Frantically Searching prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Social Media style prompt”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form: Acrostics”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Bits of Whimsy prompt”
The Language Inside’s “Place, TIme, Change IN A YEAR prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Karen Marie Christa Minns| “Winter”
Matthew Zapruder| “Birds of Texas”
Liesl Mueller| “Naming the Animals”
Monica Ferrell| “The Coin of Your Country”
Kay Ryan| “Tenderness and Rot”
Ed Bok Lee| “Several Mountains”
Kimiko Hahn| “Sparrow” (w/ audio)
Sherman Alexie| “The Pow Wow at the End of the World”

Miscellaneous
Speaker in a Future Age: Ed Bok Lee on Poetry, Places and the Death of Tongues
Cooling the Surface, Tending the Cracks: An Interview with Kay Ryan
Interview w/ Vievee Francis at Muzzle
Artists in Conversation: Kimiko Hahn at BOMB

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 15)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 32 Poems, Ada Limon, AGNI, Anna Akhmatova, Apparatus Magazine, Barbara Crooker, Best American Poets, Blogalicious, Bluets, craft talks, found poems, Ha Kiet Chau, Harriet poetry blog, Iain Haley Pollock, James Author, Jorie Graham, journals accepting summer submissions, latino poets, Lee Hynes, Maggie Smith, Miss Rumphius Effect, Modigliani, Naomi Shihab Nye, Negative Capability Press, O Magazine, Paula Meehan, pink ink press, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, Poetry and Grief, Poetry Foundation, poetry prompts, punctuation and poetry, Susan Rich, the language inside, Timothy Green, visual poems, Wild Violet, women poets

DAY FIFTEEN, Poets. We are half-way through! Today’s round-up of the best in prompts, poems and news from #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth coming at ya.

Best of the Prompts

Negative Capability Press’ “Poems w/ Colors in the Style of Nelson’s Bluets“
The Language Inside’s “Narrative poems after Naomi Shihab Nye”
Pink Ink Press’ “Tabloid Fever prompt”
O magazine’s “Insomniac prompt after Susan Rich”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Adjectives as Titles prompt “
NaPoWriMo’s “Poems That Address Themselves”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Through The Opposition’s Eyes prompt”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s Jumping Into Form: Found Poems”
REWIND Being Poetry’s “Fairytale prompt”
Wild Violet’s “M is for Memory prompt”
REWIND Lee Hynes’ “(Visual) Paper Poems prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Maggie Smith| “Wren Songs”
Ada Limón| “Sharks in the Rivers”
Barbara Crooker| “Peeps”
Ha Kiet Chau| “A Bird’s Eye’s View”
Iain Haley Pollock| “Violets For Your Furs” (w/ commentary)
Jorie Graham| “Coaltrains Crossing the Wyoming Prairie”

Miscellaneous

9 L.A. Poets Giving Latinos a Voice
Punctuation and Poetry at Poets Online
Journals Accepting Summer Submissions at Blogalicious
Paula Meehan: The Poet at 60
Timothy Green’s Take on Submission Fees at Best American Poetry blog
Modigliani and the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova at the Telegraph
Poetry and Grief at Harriet Blog
Poetry as a Way of Thinking: Interview w/ James Author at 32 Poems

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 14)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 32 Poems, Adele Kenny, Aimee Nez, Apparatus Magazine, craft talks, Diane Lockward, Endicott Studios, Heavy Feather Review, Karen Skolfield, Kaveh Akbar, Lawrence Schimel, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Mary Alexander Agner, Miss Rumphius Effect, Negative Capability Press, pink ink press, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, Poetry Foundation, poetry prompts, science and poetry, the language inside, The Review Review, Thrush Poetry Journal, Tristan Tzara, Wallace Stevens, Wild Violet, women poets

The best of the prompts, poems and news from DAY FOURTEEN of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth. I hope you’re still writing.

Best of the Prompts

Poetic Asides P-A-D “2forTuesday honest/dishonest prompt “
NaPoWriMo’s “Dialogue Poems”
Negative Capability Press’ “Family Photo Prompt”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Destination prompts”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s Jumping Into Form: List Poems”
REWIND 32Poems’ “Love Poem as a Traffic Ticket or Other Official Documents”
REWIND “Lockward’s Word Chain prompt” at The Music In It blog
Tristan Tzara’s “Dadaist Cut-Up Poems prompt”
Wild Violet’s “L is for Lanterne prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “The End of Something prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Lawrence Schimel| “Journeybread Recipe”
Karen Skolfield| “How to Locate Water on a Deserted Island”
Kwame Dawes| “Tornado Child”
Mary Alexander Agner| “Jump the Chromosome”
Wallace Stevens| “The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain”
Aimee Nezhukumatathil| “Self Portrait as C-Section Scar”

Miscellaneous
Virtuosic Metaphors: Interview w/ Lee  Ann Roripaugh at Heavy Feather Review
Giving Poets Room to Speak Meaningfully: Chat w/ Kaveh Akbar at The Review Review

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 13)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Apparatus Magazine, Art Critical, artspeak, battle rap poems, Codex Journal, craft talks, Gloria Anzaldua, Hoa Nguyen, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Jane Kenyon, Joan Didion, journals that pay for poems, Kantan Chamorrita, Kathleen Jamie, Katie Manning, Kim Addonizio, Latino Poets Video Project, Louise Gluck, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, Osma Alomar, Ploughshares, Poem a Day, poetic wandering, Poetically Speaking, Poetry Daily, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Has Value, poetry prompts, Robert Hass, science and poetry, Scottish Book Trust, stripped poems, Terrance Hayes, Tessa Gratton, The Daily Post, the language inside, Theodore Roethke, Upper Rubber Boot, Wild Violet, women poets

DAY THIRTEEN has arrived with a blanket of rain in NOLA. Wishing you sunny skies!! Here is the  best of today’s prompts, poems and news from #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth>

Best of the Prompts

Imaginary Garden w/ Real Toads’ “Joan Didion springboard prompt”
Mslexia “Stripped Poems (minus descriptors)”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Confession Poems”
30dpc “Meta Poems”
NaPoWriMo’s “Riddle Poems w/ Plath”
The Language Inside’s “Turning Points (in present tense) prompt”
REWIND The Daily Post’s “Ode to Things in Drawers w/ Apostrophes prompt”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Exploring Deepest Fears prompt”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s Jumping Into Form: The Ekphrastic Poem
ARTSPEAK #13 picture prompt: A Monday Washing, NYC (artist unknown)
Wild Violet’s “K is for Kantan Chamorrita (form from Mariana Islands similar to battle rap)”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Kim Addonizio| “What Do Women Want?”
Jane Kenyon| “Let Evening Come”
Theodore Roethke| “Orchids”
Terannce Hayes| “The Deer”
Kathleen McGookey| “Monkey Island”
Louise Gluck| “The Evening Star”
Osma Alomar| 2Poems/Fables

Miscellaneous

On Building a Word-Hoard at Ploughshares
Tessa Gratton on Gloria Anzaldua at Poetically Speaking
Featured Poet: Katie Manning at Negative Capability Press
Poetry and Pho: Hoa Nguyen Shares Lyricism and a Recipe at ArtCritical
10 Books of Scottish Nature Poetry (including Kathleen Jamie’s newest)
Journals that Pay for Poems at PoetryHasValue
Latino Poets Video Project at Codex Journal
Poetic Wandering: Walking Tour Highlights Literary Harvard
The Poetic Species: Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson in Conversation w/ Robert Hass on Science& Poetry

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 12)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Adrienne Rich, Apparatus Magazine, art of being rejected, Bogman's Cannon, book of kells, CantoMundo Poets, coldfront mag, Cordite Poetry, craft talks, Daniel Garcia Ordaz, doireann ni ghriofa, Emma Trelles, Essay Press, Freda Laughton, Hello Kitty poems, Jordan Abel, ken letko, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, Negative Capability Press, pink ink press, Poem a Day, poet animal quiz, poet mariachi, Poetic Asides, poetics and identity, poetry and pop culture, poetry prompts, Rae Armantrout, Sandra Faulkner, the language inside, West Trestle Review, women poets, Writing Knights Roundtable

DAY TWELVE, Beautiful Bards!  BoneSparkblog is here with all the best prompts, poems and news from #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.

Best of the Prompts

Mslexia “Biographical Poems in the Third Person”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Damage Poems”
30dpc “It’s a Thin Line prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “Plath Vibe prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Prose to Poem prompt”
The Language Inside’s “Working on Voice in the First Person poems”
Writing Knights Roundtable’s “Vestigial Words: Kipe (meaning to steal) prompt”
REWIND The Daily Post’s “Future Sonnets w/ Chiamus prompt”
West Trestle Review’s “Barbie (or other character) poems”
Negative Capability Press’ “Pain Pot prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Doireann Ní Ghriofa| “Cleaving a Puzzle-Tree”
Rae Armantrout| “Exact”
Adrienne Rich| “A Woman Dead in Her Forties”
Jordan Abel| “Orphan”
Sandra L. Faulkner| “When Hello Kitty Registers for the Working Cats Conference, Security Confiscates Her Catnip”
Emma Trelles| “Autorretrato Quintina”

Miscellaneous

FSG asks What’s Your Poet Animal?
The Art of Being Rejected at Book of Kells
On Poetry and Pop Culture at Coldfront
Interview w/ Ken Letko: The Mulch Pile and Germinating the Next Project
Freda Laughton and the Critical History of Women’s Poetry at Bogman’s Cannon
Poet Mariachi Daniel Garcia Ordaz at Corazon Bilingue (radio interview)
On Poetics, Identity & Latinidad: CantoMundo Poets Speak Out