A Poem A Day For April
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Apr. 23rd, 2008 | 08:18 am
Poet Robert Lee Brewer offered people a challenge for the month of April...
Poem-A-Day Challenge
It was to compose and post a poem for each day in April. Robert creates the topic and the participants craft a poem around it. The poem can be in any form. One writes it in the comments section of the blog in rough draft form. The idea is to get one in there. The rewrites will take place in May. I love to write poetry, so I decided to give it a go. Being true to myself, (argh), I let time lapse. I found myself scrambling around mid-month to keep the promise to myself true...I would do this. It's April 23 at this point, and I have gotten eleven or twelve posted so far. All of the topics so far have been really fun to run with, with the exception of one. It was to take notes of what I had done for a day and write a poem around it. I just couldn't make that one work. All of the others have worked for me. I have a concern that because my postings are so late, perhaps they will never be read. Of course, I started with Day 1 and have worked forward, trying to play catch up with myself and the others. Perhaps I should do the reverse and go with the prompt of the day, get it posted, and then work in reverse. Hm-m-m...
Whatever the case, I am wondering about being able to get my poems on my livejournal site. The only thing is...that would be so many entries....I will have to think this one through. In the meantime, my poet muse is working overtime and although smiling, wondering if I will ever learn....
Poem-A-Day Challenge
It was to compose and post a poem for each day in April. Robert creates the topic and the participants craft a poem around it. The poem can be in any form. One writes it in the comments section of the blog in rough draft form. The idea is to get one in there. The rewrites will take place in May. I love to write poetry, so I decided to give it a go. Being true to myself, (argh), I let time lapse. I found myself scrambling around mid-month to keep the promise to myself true...I would do this. It's April 23 at this point, and I have gotten eleven or twelve posted so far. All of the topics so far have been really fun to run with, with the exception of one. It was to take notes of what I had done for a day and write a poem around it. I just couldn't make that one work. All of the others have worked for me. I have a concern that because my postings are so late, perhaps they will never be read. Of course, I started with Day 1 and have worked forward, trying to play catch up with myself and the others. Perhaps I should do the reverse and go with the prompt of the day, get it posted, and then work in reverse. Hm-m-m...
Whatever the case, I am wondering about being able to get my poems on my livejournal site. The only thing is...that would be so many entries....I will have to think this one through. In the meantime, my poet muse is working overtime and although smiling, wondering if I will ever learn....

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date: Apr. 26th, 2008 12:25 pm (UTC)
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Cindy
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Too Many ideas.... not enough time
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date: Apr. 29th, 2008 07:47 am (UTC)
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Terri Forehand
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