NaPM 2017, Please Read This

[Todd]

Milo has hosted the PigPen's NaPM event for the first four years. I will attempt to carry on the tradition this month giving Milo a much deserved rest from his hosting duties. Participate as much as you like or as little as you like. The idea is not to create a perfect poem but to get creatively unleashed. During the month or later throughout the year you may choose to workshop some of the poems you started here--I know I have. This is a time for ideas and fun. Stretch yourself and see if you can create something on each day.

I will be traveling some during April but I promise to get all the prompts up--hotel WiFi willing. If there are prompts you would like to suggest for consideration please PM me privately.

I leave you with Milo's first send off from 2013 (because why not steal I have enough work in front of me without stealing from Milo ) .

We'll begin in a few weeks on April 1.

Best,

Todd

April is NaPM in the states (probably the month of searching for clean drinking water and dreaming about electricity where you are from). In honor of this we are running a NaPM event. The rules are simple, we try to write a poem for each day of April. To enable the process, a topic will be posted daily in a thread with the date in this forum.

FAQ:

I wasn't here for the beginning can I still participate?
Yes, jump in at any time. If you feel up to it, go back to the earlier threads and see if you can write a poem for those days as well, but it is ok to start whenever you wish.

I don't want to write a poem for every day, but I would like to participate in some of the topics, is this ok? Yes, feel free to participate in any of the topics. Ideally, if you can produce a poem for each day that is best, but not required.

I missed a day, can I go back and make it up? Yes, the threads are left open and unlocked.

I am a newer writer will the quality of my writing be up to par? NaPM is "crit-free", more a celebration of poetry than anything and all are welcome. Poems should still be edited and you should try to produce work to the best quality of your skill level.

What is up with these topics? Can't I just write about flowers and birds? Topics sometimes push people out of their comfort zones, inspire new ideas or get people to look at poetry in a different way. Feel free to write about whatever you wish.

I read something I like, is it still ok to comment? Yes, it can be trying to write a poem a day everyday and many suffer from "writer's fatigue" around day ten. A little encouragement goes a long way.

Go on, jump right in there and have some fun!!