#NaPoWriMo – April 1st-31st, 2016 approaches
Soon it will be the first of April
And I feel such a fool
I will try and write with skill
But, I’m just a numb tool
What for the month?
What shall I do?
I know it’s all poetry
But, I haven’t a clue.
Words! Words?
With spaces between?
And a soupçon of punctuation
Punctually placed do you mean?
Streams-of-Consciousness
May trickle and falter;
I will write one solitary word
And ‘that’ I’ll have to alter
It won’t be the write word
Not right at all
Did I mention
That I’m an April Rite Fool?
On paper I have a foolproof plan
To write every day in April’s month – A sort of poetry flan
But, when it comes to practicing what I preach
I might have to learn a lesson that may be out of reach.
Rhymes, times thirty-one
Equals
How shall I structure the days?
Let me count the ways:
In couplets, like nut cutlets?
Haiku? Or in a Limerick’s five-line fun?
Sonnets, seriously severe?
Or in Badriomaku, whose form is quite unclear?
Sestina or Haibun?
Villanelle or Pantoum?
There are more variations than elephants in this room.
Perhaps I should just choose one every April day
And just write poems in that format…
What do you say?
Graeme Sandford 
Thankfully, April has only 30 days. An extra one would drive me mad. I’ve been thinking about doing different forms throughout, Villanelle is on the list. I say go for whatever the mind fancies each day. 🙂
I never stop at the 30th – #NaPoWriMo just goes on and on – and then on for a few days more. It does get very silly. I shall try and do ‘some’ serious poems along the way. Take care and have fun, Tre.
G:)
Whatever you decide, I’ll be reading. That’s for sure. You take care as well! Happy writing!
I think by Friday I may have more of a (concrete?) poetry plan. Thank you for reading. Grae:)
Find inspiration in every thing you notice from around and start writing.
Thank you, ssunshine14. However, my problem is usually ‘stopping’ with the poetry. 3rd year of NaPoWriMo – it just keeps the brain fizzing. Grae:)
So take a break,do what you love apart from writing,clear up your head and then bang on..think from other’s POV and hit the road to blogging..Maybe it could help..