What is National Poetry Writing Month?
Welcome, art enthusiasts and wordsmiths alike, to another episode of Create Art Podcast! We are diving headfirst into the enchanting world of poetry as we celebrate National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo). This annual event, which takes place every April, encourages poets and aspiring writers around the globe to embrace their creativity and commit to writing a poem each day for the entire month.
The Beauty of National Poetry Writing Month:
NaPoWriMo, similar to its prose-centric counterpart National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), is a celebration of the written word and the boundless creativity that can flow when one dedicates themselves to a daily practice. Poets of all levels of expertise are invited to take part, from seasoned wordsmiths to those just dipping their toes into the vast ocean of verse.
Create Art Podcast has always been a haven for artists to share their creative processes, and NaPoWriMo offers a unique opportunity for poets to reflect on their craft. With a daily commitment to producing poetry, participants discover new facets of their writing style, experiment with various forms, and explore uncharted emotional territories.
Prompt for today
Finally, our optional prompt for the day honors the “ones” in the number 11. Today, we’d like to challenge you to write either a monostich, which is a one-line poem, or a poem made up of one-liner style jokes/sentiments. Need inspiration? Take a look at Joe Brainard’s poem “30 One-Liners” or Frank O’Hara’s “Lines for the Fortune Cookies.”
Poem for Today
Things The South Taught This Yankee
11 April 24
Texas:
If offered a beer, you drink it, even if you hate beer because you don’t turn down hospitality
It's always bigger in Texas, whatever it is
Armadillos that you run over are funnier in sombreros and cans of the beer that you hate, take a picture
Playing Me and Bobby magee and breaking out into the Peanuts theme song is only done in Mexican bars
Don’t mess with Texas
Not all who live in Texas are bigoted christians, some are as heathen as you are
Remember the Alamo, and watch out for Ozzy’s piss and freshly chewed bat heads
The bigger the belt buckle the smaller the dick
Everyone is armed, don’t start a fight
Y’all ain’t from here is a warning shot
Grits made with cherries are delicious
Pickled Okra is a food group
I am more man that you could ever be and more woman than you could ever have
This ain’t Burger King, you get it my way or you don’t get the damn thing
North Carolia:
Maddog and nighttrane make for an interesting morning
Don’t go into an Airborne bar unless you are Airborne
Outer Banks = OBX, don’t ask why, there isn’t an airport there
Anything you can do I can do better, hold my beer
Say it with me FayetteNam
Virginia:
The war of Northern Aggression
If you ain’t from here you are a carpet bagger
You are not a resident unless you were born here, don’t care if you pay taxes
Its’s a commonwealth not a state
95 is a parking lot 24-7
The City of Fredericksburg is also a county
Copper heads, peepers, feral ponies and camels being stolen from estranged partners
Driving while black is still enforced
Oklahoma:
Oklahoma State trooper not a Texas Ranger, and you will address me as such
The land that God hated
The top of the hill is all sunny, the bottom of the hill is where God is angry
This isn’t Texas
Your broken down car’s interior has been set aflame, 3 of your tires and your spare have been removed and your car is on blocks, who did you piss off
Missouri:
Ammo and Capuchino
The Arch is not a sign for McDonalds
Kansas City lives here
We pulled you over to find out if that eyebrow piercing hurt
I used to suck off all the guys in my army barracks, wanna go to the rest stop and let me suck you off or maybe come back to my place
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