A month of poetry

The month of poetry is just two days away. I’m excited for it to start. I’ve written a few poems lately, but it has been a while since I really start down and produced some work. It has been even longer since I’ve kept a poetry notebook. I like to use those stenographer notebooks. They’re just the right size for writing down verse.

So the goal of the 30 Poems in 30 Days is to produce 30 poems of course. If the total comes out to more, then the more the merrier. I will stick to a self-made rule of one poem a day, minimally. If I feel like writing more I can, but I must produce one poem each day. Looking ahead to this project, I’d like to experiment with some different forms of poetry. I would be fun to do. And that’s an important thing to keep in mind on this project: it’s for fun. Hopefully it will spur on creativity, and hopefully it will produce some good poetry. But mostly this is a plan to flex the mind — to get out of the usual routine and produce something new and interesting.

I will probably post the results of my writing over on our podcasts blog, which is linked to from the header. Part of this project is to not only write, but also to share the fruits of my labor. I will let you know how it goes. It all starts Friday.