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.” 
by Carolee Sherwood
Time to face the music, Read Write Poem-ers, and share with us your face-inspired poetry here in the comments section. Of course, you may also have been inspired by an image or word prompt here at Read Write Poem, and that’s OK, too. Post your link and browse through some of the other fine poems posted by your pals!
Please, link back here in your posts, either with a hyperlink to Read Write Poem or by using the badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps our “internet health” when you link in every post you contribute to the project. And please add “Read Write Poem” in your tags, if you don’t mind.
For the new folks: Please take a few moments to read the About pages, including our Copyrights page. If you have any questions about the project after reading through those pages, email us at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
by Jessica Fox-Wilson
About a week ago, Deb put out a call on Facebook for more words, and boy-howdy did you guys respond! Thank you so much for all of the donated words. I am so grateful to have a fresh supply.
This week’s new words come from Michelle and Fiona. You should stop by and thank them for their generosity.
To participate in the Read Write Word prompt, all you have do is use as many of the words as you can in a poem. You can choose to link your poem here in the comments or wait until Thursday’s Get Your Poem On post. It’s up to you.
If you want to follow Michelle and Fiona’s good examples and donate words, we can always use more. Simply email a list of your favorite words to info at readwritepoem dot org.
Image provided by Wordle
by Carolee Sherwood
There’s poetry in your face. It sounds like a pick-up line, right? Imagine someone grabbing the stool next to you at the bar and saying it to you: “There’s poetry in your face.” You’d let the smooth-talker buy you a drink, right?
It’s not really my business how the date goes or if it lasts into the night or even if you don’t make it home until the next morning (unless, of course, you want to wrap it into your writing for the week), but no matter what, once you return from your date with the stranger, write a poem about your face.
There’s poetry in its features: eyes, lips, jaw, nose, chin, eye brows, cheek bones, lashes, freckles, moles, wrinkles. Zoom in close and focus on a single detail or study your face as a whole. Note its shape, its color, its energy. How do you feel about your face? What does it say about you? What part do you like? What part do you hate? What feature has been passed down to you through generations in your family?
Look in the mirror and write a self portrait of this moment. Sort through old pictures and write about how your face has changed through the years. Think about what your face does. Do you make eye contact on the street? Do you blush when complimented? Do your expressions give your thoughts away?
Write about your own face. Write about someone else’s face. Brainstorm face clichés and write about one of them in a fresh way. Here are a few: Face the facts. Face off. Cut off the nose to spite the face. Rub your face in it. Two-faced. Blue in the face. Egg on your face.
And then come back on Thursday to come face to face with your fellow poets and Get Your Poem On (post links to your new poems).
by Jill Crammond Wickham
Did you turn your muse into a foodie? Try any new delicacies? Whatever method you utensiled, er, used to write your poem, whatever poem you decided to write, we’d love to eat, oops, sorry, read it. So get your link on, and share.
Please, link back here in your posts, either with a hyperlink to Read Write Poem or by using the badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps our “internet health” when you link in every post you contribute to the project. And please add “Read Write Poem” in your tags, if you don’t mind.
For the new folks: Please take a few moments to read the About pages, including our Copyrights page. If you have any questions about the project after reading through those pages, email us at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
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read write poem news- read write poem napowrimo anthology
June 20, 2010 | 1:36 pmThe Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Anthology is still in production. Selection, placement, layout and copyediting are taking longer than anticipated. Thank you for your patience. I hope to have the piece completed in July. For those who have emailed asking if they can be included, the May 7 deadline for submission of work stands. Those who met that deadline will be included. Please check the post on this site listing who I received submissions from by that date. If you submitted your work by the May 7 deadline in accordance with our guidelines and your name is not listed, send an email to info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
- read write poem napowrimo anthology
May 5, 2010 | 3:09 pmRemember that Friday* is the deadline for submitting work to the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Anthology. Check out the guidelines for submission in the main column (to the left). On May 8, we’ll post a news item listing everyone we’ve received work from. If you submitted work and your name is not on that list, please let us know. Thanks!
*I initially said “tomorrow,” but I meant to say “Friday.”
- napowrimo congratulations, and a reminder
April 24, 2010 | 12:05 pmIt’s the final week of the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Challenge! Just 7 days left. With that, a reminder that Read Write Poem will culminate with the anthology featuring work from those who complete the challenge. A post with details for submitting to the anthology will be published May 1. Be sure you remove any information from the site that you want preserved — such as group content and personal messages. Those elements of the site will be removed May 1 as well. The main site will remain up as an archive.
- ‘underlife’ tour at january gill o’neil’s blog
April 20, 2010 | 8:11 pmJanuary Gill O’Neil’s virtual book tour has moved to her site and is underway now. Check out the lineup at Poet Mom.
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thank you and farewell As of May 1, 2010, Read Write Poem is no longer active.
In late May, an anthology featuring work from those who completed the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Challenge will be published here and on issuu.com.
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