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
Our optional prompt for the day challenges you to write a poem that recounts a historical event. In writing your poem, you could draw on your memory, encyclopedias, history books, or primary documents. If you’re interested in a little research, you might find interesting this collection of letters written during the American Civil War, or this collection of primary documents concerning South Sea voyages. Or perhaps you might find something of interest in digging through Europeana, an online clearinghouse of digitized materials from cultural institutions across Europe.
Inspiration for this poem came from Ronald Regan Radio Address
Poem for Today
Crate Digging
20 April 24
A package had been sent it me
The shape familiar
Just over 12 inches square
So carefully I opened it
And found placed with care
A record sleeve with no picture
And the only writing on it was Ronald Regan 1961
I opened it and found the familiar shape of a 12-inch record with no label
So, I took off the record I had played last
Something by Miles Davis or john Coltrane
And put this new, mysterious record on the platter
Recovering from the demon rum and weed
That my jazz obsession claimed on me
I pressed the play button
And the tone arm raised,
Moved over to the starting groove
And set down as delicately as a mother placing her newborn baby down for a nap
I sat back into my easy chair
As the sound of Ronald Regan’s voice came over my speakers
There was no music
Just his voice droning on and on
He told me the horros of socialized medicine
And how that would destroy my savings
How it would cost me my livelihood
How it was unamerican
How my son, he must not have read my FBI file
Would not be able to decide where they would go to school
Or what type of job they would have
And I sat there transfixed on his words
They seemed so wise
He would never betray me
How can I, in my sunset years, face my children and my children’s children
And tell them what it's like to be free
When socialism, draped in liberalism, takes over our country
I am hoping that Trump's bible gets to me before I die and go to hell
Because I didn’t read his holy word
By the way I take a size 10.5 wide Donnie
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