Well, you’re near the end of April, of National Poetry Month, of NaPoWriMo!
Sigh … in relief, remorse, resolution …
Some of you have practiced writing daily and some have posted a poem daily. Some have made up your own rules and kept them or broken them. Some (like me) found you couldn’t stay with daily writing [...]

We live in a world of increasing specialization. Just about every little things has an entire field of knowledge dedicated to it, and each of those little fields has its own vocabulary.
Science uses a whole lot of Latin, psychology uses the word affect in a very strange way, and unless you happen to be a [...]

30 Poems in 30 Days. How has that challenge been for you? Let us know what you’re doing.
As you cast about for yet one more inspiration, be sure to use the random prompts or previous prompts and share any tricks you use to get through the rough spots.
Are you writing American Sentences, haiku or prose [...]

Ahhh, April—that special time of year when our thoughts turn to spring, Opening Day in baseball and National Poetry Month in the U.S. So, how do you mark what is supposed to be “the cruelest month?” When you tell friends and family it is National Poetry Month, are your responses similar to this:
“National Poetry Month? [...]

Here’s the long and short of it …
Can we really write thirty poems in thirty days? Yes, we can!
This past November I participated in NaBloPoMo, National Blog Posting Month. After joining Dana’s group, readwritepoem, I used the challenge of posting every day to write a poem a day. I was able to write thirty poems [...]

Next Tuesday is April Fool’s Day. (You’d think it would end March Madness- the State’s NCAA college basketball championship, but no, the final four is April 5 and the final game is April 7.)
April is National Poetry Month (in the US). Read Write Poem will be supporting you as you celebrate, in a variety of [...]