A poem a day in April |
April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. TS Eliot This book: a poem a day in April, following Katya's prompts below: April 1—personal folly (something really stupid or silly you can admit to in a poem) April 2—slatternly tendencies April 3—group dreaming (Google Inception (a film) or Jung/Jungian archetypes in dreams) April 4—back-to-work April 5—Tuesday Weld April 6—hedgehogs in the wild or as pets April 7—Thor, Norse god of thunder April 8—the need for wine or beer April 9—significance of the number nine April 10—art by women, women painters in history or now April 11—Blue Monday April 12—the terrible twos… April 13—the theme of “supposed to” April 14—thunder and lightning April 15—your take on taxation this year April 16—being quiet April 17-- free-choice or take a field trip somewhere and respond to that in a poem April 18—you’ve got to be kidding! April 19—well gone dry April 20—hump of the week April 21—justice or a gavel April 22—freedom, free with purchase, or other irony of the word “free” April 23—Shakespeare’s birthday April 24—Easter April 25—cruelest month April 26—April showers, May flowers (but no actual clichés) (maybe a ghazal!) April 27—exhaustion April 28—train ride April 29—haiku or very tiny poem April 30—books or beyond them, or Buzz Lightyear (“To infinity, and beyond!”) |