#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 6)

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#napomo, #NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, ambassadors for poetry, Apparatus Magazine, artspeak, Bryan Thao Worra, Chirta Banerjee Divakaruni, Clayton Villi, Derek Walcott, Diy MFA, Ernest Thayer, hatbooks, index of poetry forms, Joyce Peseroff, Kris bigalk, language is a virus, lesfemmesfollesbooks, many hats, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, Naomi Shihab Nye, Natasha Tretheway, National Museum of the American Indian, Patrick Phillips, Phillip Levine, picture prompts, pink ink press, Po-Emotions, Poem a Day, poest collective, poet laureates, Poetic Asides, poetical misprints, poetry in public spaces, poetry prompt generator, poetry prompts, slate poetry podcasts, tweetspeakpoetry, voices of women in american poetry, Wild Violet, women poets, writeshop, Writing Knights Roundtable, Younger Than That Now

DAY SIX, y’all!  The best of the #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth prompts, poems and news coming at ya…………

Best of the Prompts

ARTSPEAK #6: “Homer’s The Sick Chicken”
Mslexia “Wrong Hand Translation Prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Things Not as They Appear Prompt”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Choose Your Own Adventure poems”
30dpc “Invisible Sentence prompt”
Wild Violet “E is for Epistle prompt”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form–Somonka”
The Language Inside’s “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Breasts (or other objects) poem”
Writing Knights Roundtable “Vestigial Word: Lemniscate (infinity symbol) poems”
Imaginary Garden w/ Real Toads’ “Seeing Stars Prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “I’m Late, I’m Late prompt”
Kris Bigalk’s “In Answer prompt”
Many Hats’ 25 Prompts page
lesfemmesfollesbooks’ Oldest Bra Persona Poem prompt
Writeshop’s Cinquain prompt
NaPoWriMo’s “Aubade prompt”
Tweetspeak’s “Native Air”
Language is a Virus’ “Writing Prompt Generator”
National Museum of the American Indian “Moonlight Fire” picture prompt

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Joyce Peseroff| “Bluebird”
Patrick Phillips| “Elegy for a Broken Machine”
Ernest Thayer (read by James Earl Jones)| “Casey at the Bat” (video)
Naomi Shihab Nye| “How Do I Know When a Poem is Finsihed?” (video)
Derek Walcott| “from Omeros (Book III: Achille in Africa)”
Clayton Valli| “Dandelions” (ASL video poem)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni| “Cutting the Sun”
Natasha Tretheway| “Elegy for my Father”

Miscellaneous

Slate Poetry Podcasts archive
Poets’ Collective Index to Poetry Forms
Ambassadors for Poetry: Interviews with Three Texas Poet Laureates
Poems for Hunter’s and Anglers
Laotian poet Bryan Thao Worra’s The Tuk-tuk Diaries: Preludes &Postcards (full book on ISSUU)
Guerrero Celebrates First Year as San Antonio’s Poet Laureate
Poet Philip Levine and Degas Give Us An Art Lesson
Poetry in Public Spaces (dverse)
The Voices of Women in American Poetry (video)
The Surprising History of Poetical Misprints

 

 

 

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 5)

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#napomo, #NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Amorak Huey, anne bradstreet, Apparatus Magazine, artspeak, Corey Marks, Diy MFA, easter, hatbooks, Heid E. Erdrich, Jane Yeh, Jose Angel Araguz, Library of Congress, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, Natioanl Museum of the American Indian, picture prompts, pink ink press, Po-Emotions, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, poetry prompts, room mag, Sierra Golden, spotlight on us hispanic writers, titling poems, Traci Brimhall, Wild Violet, women poets, Writing Knights Roundtable, yeats, Younger Than That Now

#NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth DAY FIVE prompts, poems and news all in one place. Dig in!!!

Best of the Prompts

ARTSPEAK #5: “Callot’s Cat Watching Caged Bird”
Mslexia “Goblin Fruit prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Vegetable Poems”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Echo poems”
30dpc “Routine Ramblings”
Wild Violet “D is for Dimeter (forms)”
Po-Emotions “Disgust”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form–Triolets w/ Jane Yolen”
The Language Inside’s “Introduction poems in the vein of Billy Collins”
Writing Knights Roundtable “Vestigial Word: Flitterwochen”
Younger Than That Now’s “Random Number prompt”
Pink Ink Press’ “Culinary Delights”
RT Diy MFA Brief Guide to Prose Poems &Postcard Prompt
RT OctPoWriMo 2014 Poetry Revolution prompt
National Museum of the American Indian picture prompt

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Sierra Golden| “Tango”
Heid E. Erdrich| “Last Snow”
Traci Brimhall translated by Erika Meitner| “Refuge(e)
Jane Yeh| “The Robots” [Scroll down}
Jennifer Gresham| “Anatomy”
Corey Marks| “Dumb Luck”
Amorak Huey| “This is Not a Love Poem for April From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
Jose Angel Araguz| “Superhero”

Miscellaneous

Spotlight on US Hispanic Writers
After the Light bulb Moment: Titling Your Poem
How Yeats Turned ‘Easter 1916’ Into a Political Anthem
ROOM mag’s NPM (Can Women)Reading List