National Poetry Month

[Valkyrie]

April is National Poetry Month in the US.  Similar to NaNoWriMo, NaPoWriMo encourages people to write a poem a day for the month of April.  A friend of mine asked me if I would complete the challenge with her, and I agreed, despite telling myself I wasn't interested in attempting poetry again...lol  It's been a long time since I've attempted to write poetry, but I'm up for the challenge.  Is anyone else participating in NaPoWriMo?  I've made the decision to share what I write here weekly, so next Wed look for the first "chapter" of my "April Musings" (thanks, AC!). 

[Aditus]

I didn't know. Thank you for telling me!  I'm trying to join in and will also share mine if all goes well. Look out for 'A fool's thoughts'.

Edited April 2, 2015 by aditus

[Valkyrie]

Great!  I can't wait to read what you come up with.   Love the title, BTW.   

[craftingmom]

Cool, I'll have to try it out.

[Dolores Esteban]

I didn't know either. I'm going to have a look, too.

[MrM]

I wish my poetry powers worked that way, but one a day is not possible for me. I'll focus on my latest one and post it here, though.

[MrM]

I posted one today. I powers were at work today it would seem.

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/mrm/MPoetry/7

[Celethiel]

*shrugs* ok.

[Valkyrie]

Well, I'm not off to the best start due to being sick for over a week, but I did manage to write for two days last week.  Please be kind. 

 

https://www.gayauthors.org/forums/story/valkyrie/aprilmusings

[Aditus]

Here is mine.

[AC Benus]

Yes, but I'd like you all to take your April poem-a-day challenge as a good time to crank on those Quatrains! Why..? Well, let me put it this way, the May poetry prompt is an important one - one that all the others have been leading up to. So, now that you are writing a poem everyday, practice on the Quatrain, practice, practice, practice, for the more you do the happier you will be come May    

[Dolores Esteban]

I've done Found Poetry so far. There are a lot of interesting prompts on the PoMoSco site. My results are, well, weird. I titled one poem Ganymede's Hounds. It has a subtle beauty to its weirdness. I'm not yet sure if I post these weird poems. Reading AC Benus' post, I better turn to Quatrains now anyway.

[AC Benus]

I've done Found Poetry so far. There are a lot of interesting prompts on the PoMoSco site. My results are, well, weird. I titled one poem Ganymede's Hounds. It has a subtle beauty to its weirdness. I'm not yet sure if I post these weird poems. Reading AC Benus' post, I better turn to Quatrains now anyway.

Wow, did Ganymede have time to tend to dogs, I mean with his official 'cup bearer' duties and all. I bet Zeus could scarey spare the lad for a few minutes, let alone an hour or two...hehe

 

Unless you mean 'Ganymede' from As You Like It, then maybe he/she could have cavorted with Amiens and his sporting pups  

[Dolores Esteban]

It's different. Here it is:

 

 

Ganymede’s Hounds

 

Weary their throats with barking

Calling after their abducted master

Furious, the loyal hounds left -

Grieving Ganymede, the beautiful -

For Mount Olympus, heavenwards

To draw god Zeus, hero-king game

 

 

PoMoSco Prompt: Blender

Source Text: Wikipedia, Ganymede, one paragraph

 

[Aditus]

So....Poetry Anthology...

[Valkyrie]

No poetry antho for me.    I'm hoping to start writing again tonight to get back on track with NaPoWriMo. 

[AC Benus]

So....Poetry Anthology...

That's released on the 15th...

[AC Benus]

It's different. Here it is:

 

 

Ganymede’s Hounds

 

Weary their throats with barking

Calling after their abducted master

Furious, the loyal hounds left -

Grieving Ganymede, the beautiful -

For Mount Olympus, heavenwards

To draw god Zeus, hero-king game

 

 

PoMoSco Prompt: Blender

Source Text: Wikipedia, Ganymede, one paragraph

Ah, nice! It's his shepherd dogs...um, makes me want to get my Ovid and see if he mentions any in the scene

 

Thanks for posting it, I really like it!  

Edited April 13, 2015 by AC Benus

[Aditus]

I'm still experimenting: Days eleven to twenty are now live.

[Valkyrie]

Unfortunately, I haven't written anything since I got sick.  I'll be at a convention for work Wed-Sat, so I doubt I'll have the time to write anything until next week. 

[Dolores Esteban]

I wrote a couple of Quatrains and again experimented with Found Poetry. I meanwhile make up my own rules.

[Dolores Esteban]

Today's Found Poetry experiment was interesting. I generated a new song. I randomly picked lines from Jesus Christ Superstar, then randomly picked another song. Interestingly, the result was Save A Prayer by Duran Duran. I randomly picked lines from this song and inserted them into the the first selection. The result is quite interesting:

 

Save A Prayer