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Poetry: April 05, 2017 Issue [#8213]

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 This week: It's NaPoWriMo Time!
  Edited by: eyestar~* Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
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3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

*Fairy* Hello, I am happy to be back as a guest editor! April is NaPoWriMo Month! Find out why and how it all works!

Be inspired to write a poem!

"I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right."
~Maya Anjelou

'I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.'
~ Bob Dylan

"If you can’t be a poet, be the poem".
~ David Carradine

"There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it."
~Gustave Flaubert



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Letter from the editor

*Bookopen* Following successful projects like NaNoWriMo, and their Woman's History Month, National Poetry Writing Month was started in 1996 by the Academy for the American Poets. It has become the largest literary celebration of poetry in schools, librairies, publishers with the intent of increasing the appreciation and reading of poetry.
What a fabulous and inspirational notion and more needed today than ever.

The Academy's goals in supporting this event is an effort
*Burstr* to encourage poetry readership year round
*Burstg* to highlight the legacy and ongoing achievement of poets
*Burstp*to assist teachers bringing poetry reading in classrooms
*Bursto*to encourage publications and distribution of poetry
*Burstb* and encourage support for poets

*Smile* In March of 2003 Maureen Thorson, a poet who published the Big Game Books, announced she was doing the project NaPoWriMO. She invited others to join her and the Muse's fire leapt and spread. Now I have even seen GloPoWriMo as an added title! *Laugh**Heart*
http://www.napowrimo.net/

Now we celebrate 21 years of NaPoWriMO! *Shock*

How do we play? Simply write a poem a day! *Hotair4*

*Quill* So, fellow poets, let's get active and write poems.

*Balloonp*Celebrate us and all who have come before us! You can find all kinds of activities and prompts online
and right here:
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I completed my first NaPoWriMo here on WDC last year! Great fun and helped me practice my haiku skills. This year I am considering themes on Canada as we are celebrating 150 year birthday in July. Party time! *Balloonp*

*Delight*And hey, you non poets, you can party as well! *Wink* Read or recite your favourite poems, review poetry or books online, share favourite poems during the month in your communications! Have fun and maybe even give poetry writing a try!


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Ask & Answer

*Quill* Inquiring muses want to know. Have you ever played in NaPoWriMo? Did you make it every day? Do you use prompts or free play as the muse inspires? Feel free to answer in a poetic way. *Wink*


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