OK, so the Fat Kid considers himself to be just slightly gifted with words. Not overly gifted, but slightly. With that note, there's an idea that came into my sphere not that long ago that I'd like to share with the estimated 4 readers that I might have. April is National Poetry Month. The folks at Writer's Digest - even though it appears they didn't think my submission to their pop culture fiction competition worth a winning nod (bastards) - have a cool poetry guy who does this challenge thingy - a poem a day for a month. The idea intrigues me. Of course, it's not just picking a poem you like, it's writing a poem each day.
Now, I don't consider my poetry to be my best arena. Oh, it's there, and there are one or two I like, but it's not my strongest suit. Why? I honestly don't know. If I had to guess, it's because I'm a sensual poet - meaning that I write by what my senses guide me to: smell, touch, taste, sight, sound. The poems that I believe are my best center around the senses. So, this project will be interesting. Thirty days and thirty poems. What kind of poems? I dunno...probably whatever strikes me at the time, and I may go back and use some old stuff if I get in a jam. but I'll leave it to anyone who reads this...what do you want to read/hear?
1 comment:
Simple, pick a theme!
Write a week's worth of poems centering around certain places or persons or events or stories, just something to give you focus. You could experiment with various poetry forms - I dare you to find and write 30 different kinds! You can always subvert them too! Everyone's heard of a sestina, right? Well what's an inappropriate sestina? An insestina!
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