by the Read Write Poem Staff
NaPoWriMo: 30 Poems in 30 days. We have committed to giving you a new prompt every day of the month, so you can NaPoWriMo, or simply immerse yourself in as much poetry as you want to or can during April. (National Poetry Month in the United States, but all are welcome to play.)
This is the post where you add yourself to the “gonna do it” crew. It’s a very loose pledge, just say something in the comments.
We’re calling our prompt mavens (Carolee, Christine and Jill with assistance from Jessica and Juliet) the “madwomen standing outside the supermarket door shoving poems into unsuspecting shoppers’ pockets” this year. (They might need to be committed after writing all these prompts.)
Want to sign up for daily poeming? Need to sign up? Link your blog in the comments. We’ll leave this post up on top for the month of April so you can add your name, find your fellow sufferers writers. Kibbitz, moan or party about all things poetry.
And, because we know everyone loves badges to mark escapades like this, here’s one for you to use, made by Dana Guthrie Martin. (Thanks, Dana!)
NaPoWriMo history
Maureen Thorson started NaPoWriMo and last year told us: “I have been doing this for around five years, and many have followed in my wake! If you plan to participate, go forth and do so! NaPoWriMo is free, requires no license, and wants you to propagate it in new and foreign soils.” 
i’m rusty – it’s been so many years since i’ve written, but i have been writing every day. so excited to discover some prompts – that will help. like some of the other commenters, i’m hoping that writing will get me in the proper mind frame and “good” will have to come later. thanks so much for doing this!
This is really getting ridiculous! Poetry should not be an assembly line spewing of inane words. If not inspired where is the art? A production line of verbal Pinatas, colorful but hollow paper mache anamorphic
verbal constructs.
Dungeon of life’s prison
I know April is almost over; however, thirty days of writing poems sounds like fun—arduous fun. I’m in.
Linda
UGHHHH just found this site today, I wish I’d known about it 26 days ago.
I’ve been using RWP prompts – just forgot to say I’M IN!
Me too! This was my first time and whew (!) has it been a workout.
Way, way behind on NaPoWriMo (working another poem-a-day for April too,) but here’s one for NaPoWriMo 8:
My Favorite Vowel
Conversation forgotten
in favor of his soft mouth
we lay tangled in the carpet
under the stairs
When he sat
upright
and announced
“Today we will go over
the alphabet.”
I pressed my body against his
hoping to convince him
To play hooky
(or at least dismiss early)
when he pulled me down to him
softly touching his forehead to mine
pushing my body arms’ distance back
hands on my waist
and said firmly:
“A.”
The student giggled at the lesson
Teacher locked his ankles
with mine
put his finger to his lips
widened his eyes
sternly said
“B.”
The warmth of his breath
on my neck
hands surveying the landscape
quieted me at
“C”
Teacher’s serious eyes kept the class in check
Until tangled bodies
An impatient pupil
(and the sense of a very long recess)
ended the lesson
at
“I.”
Thank you very much, poets!! This has been a fabulous NaPoWriMo at RWP.
Whether you got 30 poems written or not, you made a lot of poetry and, we hope, found new inspiration and folks to read.
For those who did 100%: Wow! Doesn’t that feel great? Congratulations to you, too!
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