OK guys, I've checked again and April is still here, and in America that means
You will have a change to write poetry even if you've never done it before—the writing prompts aim to demystify the process of writing a poem. This will not take the place of the 2020 Writing Exercise Series, but will be in addition to it, so there will be a bevy of poetry to bathe your mind with.
So. Let's begin.
April 4, 2020
National Poetry Month 2020 Activity Pack Day 4
1) Listen to this short radio clip of poet David Kirby discussing his views on how poetry is the product of the deliberate and the accidental.
2) Go read one, or preferably all of the following three 'recently' published poems:
"Tin" by Matthew Murrey in Apple Valley Review Vol.14 No.1.
"My Father’s Child Watches a Room Burn" by Claire Grace in Spry Literary Journal Issue 11.
"Over 100°, La Mesa" by Zebulon Huset in Maudlin House March 17, 2020 (Sorry).
3) Go read all of the following three short poems that were published more than two years ago:
4) Check out the following two video poems by Kai Carlson-Wee from Button Poetry "Cry of the Loon" and "Holes in the Mountain".
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5) Step into the time machine and travel back to April 2, 2017 and try this exercise: "Complete a Piece Sunday: Dueling Cinquains" which walks you quickly through the cinquain form and guides you to writing your own "double cinquain".
6) Word of the Day x 3: Go to the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day website and look through the listings for January, February and March, picking one word from each month. Write a poem using those three words.
