#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 28)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Claire Trevien, Dorianne Laux, ELJ Publications, Flashbang Writing Studio, Jane Hirshfield, Maya Angelou, Millissa Alger, mslexia, Negative Capability Press, pink ink press, Poem a Day, poet interviews, Poetic Asides, poetry folio, Poetry magazine, poetry prompts, Poets&Writers, Salmon Poetry, Seamus Cashman, Stories& Slams, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, Wislawa Szymborska, women poets

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

Best of the Prompts

NaPoWriMo’s “Bridges prompt”
30dpc “Change of Scenery prompt”
Mslexia’s “Ridiculous Self-Portrait prompt”
Negative Capability Press’ “Diamante prompt”
West Trestle Review “Reinvention prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “2forTues Matter/Anti-Matter prompt”
Stories& Slams’ “Newsworthy Villanelles”
Wild Violet’s “Y is for Yadu prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “Fast Forward prompt”
The Language Inside’s “Virtues after Kay Ryan prompt”
Flashbang Writing Studio’s “It’s Alive! prompt”
Poets& Writers’ “Musical Inspiration prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Ada Limon| “The Great Blue Heron of Dunbar Road”
Wislawa Szymborska| “Possibilities”
Maya Angelou| “Still I Rise”
Jane Hirshfield| “Each Morning a White Bull Steps Shining Into the World”
Millissa Alger| “Empty Cradleboard”
Seamus Cashman| “I too begin with scaffolding” from the Sistine Gaze(video)
Claire Trevien| “Whales”
Dorianne Laux| “Disturbance”

Miscellaneous

Founder of ELJ Publications Talks Poetry, Emerging Writers and Mental Illness Awareness
Speculating Darkly: A Poetry Folio at Harriet the Blog

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 27)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Ann E. Michael, Anti-Slavery Poems, Apparatus Magazine, Barbara Crooker, Bethany Schultz Hurst, Celina Villagracia, Chana Bloch, fairytale poems, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Maria Hummel, Marin Poetry Center, Miss Rumphius Effect, Mouthfeel Press, mslexia, Negative Capability Press, Nora Dauenhauer, Ocean Vuong, pink ink press, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, poetry prompts, Rattle, Stories& Slams, Storyscape, Terrance Hayes, Tom C. Hunley, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, Will Nixon, women poets, Younger Than That Now

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

Best of the Prompts

Apparatus Magazine’s “Pop Culture Sestinas”
30dpc “Waiting with Form prompt”
Imaginary Garden with Read Toads “Recipe prompt”
Negative Capability Press’ “Body poems after Laura Riding”
West Trestle Review “Strangers photo prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Looking Back prompt”
Stories& Slams’ “Monday Quatrains”
Wild Violet’s “Uses of X prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Hay(na)ku prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “The Confessional Poem”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form: Concrete Poems”
Younger Than That Now’s “No Makeup prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Nora Dauenhauer| “Tlingit Concrete Poem (1984)”
Will Nixon| “National Poetry Month”
Bethany Schultz Hurst| “Birds, Disappearing”
Celina Villagarcia| “Cayendo Sobre el Piso”
Ocean Vuong| “Someday I’ll Love” (w/ audio)
Tom C. Hunley| “i can’t sleep so i’ll tell you a story”
Terrance Hayes| “Black Confederate Ghost Story”
Kate Bernadette Benedict| “Wonders of Biotech”
Barbara Crooker| “Sometimes, I am Startled Out of Myself,”
Ann E. Michael| “During Wartime”

Miscellaneous

Marin Poetry Center Presents Chana Bloch & Maria Hummel (video)
Poems of Anglo-African &National Anti-Slavery Standard
Top 10 Fairytale Poems at Tweetspeak

#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 23)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, best poetry books, Confrontation, Flavorwire, Green Mountains Review, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Kathleen Kelly, Linebreak, Lyn Lifshin, Margaret Noonan, Mary Biddinger, Matt Morton, Maureen McLane, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, New Yorker, pink ink press, pms poemmemoirstory, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, poetry prompts, Stories& Slams, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, women poets

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

Best of the Prompts

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads’ “Legs Prompt”
West Trestle Review’s “Recipe for a Major Life Event prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Historic Poems”
Stories& Slams’ “Lines from Songs prompt”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form: Parody”
Wild Violet’s “T is for Transcendentalism prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Deck of Cards free write”
Pink Ink Press’ “3×3 prompt”
Mslexia’s “Lipgrammatic Prose Poem after Georges Perec”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Matt Morton| “Sonnet with Angels Watching Soccer”
Kathleen Kelly| “Mr. Ninda’s Business” (audio from pms: poemmemoirstory)
Mary Biddinger| “I Was on the Line”
Lyn Lifshin| “What Everything Opening, Pears, Magnolias, Cherry Petals, Apple, Dogwood
Maureen M. Mclane| “For You”

Miscellaneous

Margaret Noonan on Keeping Native Language Alive Through Poetry
50 Best Poetry Books of the Decade So Far at Flavorwire

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 22)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Apparatus Magazine, artspeak, C.D. Wright, craft talks, Dead Poets Society, Deep South Magazine, Dorianne Laux, Emily Bedard, Flashbang Writing Studio, Guerilla Poetry, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Lisa Ann Sandell, Luci Brock-Broido, Mary Oliver, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, Natalie Diaz, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, Poetically Speaking, Poetry Foundation, Poetry magazine, Poetry Northwest, poetry prompts, Sarah Heller, Shane Rhodes, Stories& Slams, Susan Stewart, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, women poets

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

Best of the Prompts

Stories& Slams’ “Cancer Sonnets”
Flashbang Writing Studio’s “Praise Poems after Christopher Smart”
West Trestle Review’s “First Person POV Historical Figure prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Nature Poems”
ARTSPEAK #22: “Peto’s Straw Hat, Bag and Umbrella”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Elements of Nature prompt”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form: Apostrophe/Poems of Address”
Wild Violet’s “S is for Sevenling prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Pastoral poems”
Pink Ink Press’ “Poems about Home”
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads’ “Perfect Love Poem w/ Julia Bird’s Formula”
Mslexia’s “First Time prompt”
30dpc’s “Let’s Get Physical prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Mary Oliver| “Sleeping in the Forest”
Susan Stewart| “Four Questions Regarding the Dreams of Animals”
Natalie Diaz| “Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball”
Shane Rhodes| “Still Life with Apple” (w/ commentary)
Sarah Sloat| “Grassland” (video)
Dorianne Laux| “How to Sleep”

Miscellaneous

Emily Bedard on Reading Luci Brock-Broido in Mexico at Poetry Northwest
Understanding Poetry clip from Dead Poets Society
Talking Guerilla Poetry with C.D. Wright at Deep South Magazine
Poetically Speaking with Lisa Ann Sandell at Miss Print

#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 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 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

#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