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nolabear

(42,041 posts)
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 06:05 PM Mar 2013

Soooo, any poets among us? NaPoWriMo begins tomorrow!

To tell the truth I've never been one to participate in group writing exercises...well, I did do the 3:15 Project for a couple of years many years ago (During the month of August you wake up at 3:15 am every morning, write whatever you are moved to write and go back to sleep). But I'm trying to get a project off the ground and I plan to do a poem a day during the month of April.

I don't expect miracles but sometimes a germ is born. I've been surprised before.

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Soooo, any poets among us? NaPoWriMo begins tomorrow! (Original Post) nolabear Mar 2013 OP
I might give it a try... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #1
Too true. Butt in the chair, hands on the keys (or pen). nolabear Mar 2013 #2
Hands on keyboard, LOL! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #3
I am. Neoma Mar 2013 #4
Good talent to have. Smart rhyming is hard! nolabear Mar 2013 #5
I'm in. What is the link for littlemissmartypants Mar 2013 #6
www.napowrimo.net is the site. nolabear Mar 2013 #7
I meant to ask how this was going for you on the phone earlier. TeamPooka Apr 2013 #8
Not half bad! I just sent a trio of poems off to an anthology, one of which came out of this. nolabear Apr 2013 #9

CaliforniaPeggy

(150,089 posts)
1. I might give it a try...
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 06:07 PM
Mar 2013

Your last sentence really resonates with me!

After all, if you don't write, you most definitely won't get that gem.



nolabear

(42,041 posts)
5. Good talent to have. Smart rhyming is hard!
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 06:41 PM
Mar 2013

I do write rhyming poetry but most of it does not. I've been playing with forms lately. I'm a sucker for repetition in rhythms and imagery. I've been playing with villanelles a good bit, and old fashioned call-and-response pieces.

Good luck!

nolabear

(42,041 posts)
9. Not half bad! I just sent a trio of poems off to an anthology, one of which came out of this.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 09:39 PM
Apr 2013

Have I written a poem every day? Nope. But I've got a few pieces I like and one I felt good enough about to send out. Such is poetry.

Btw what rhymes with "Snake"?

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