NaPoWriMo 2008 - 30 Days of Poetry
March 24, 2008
In honor of “National Poetry Month”, which begins April 1st, I’m going to participate in this year’s NaPoWriMo or National Poetry Writing Month. Poets from around the world are committing to writing one poem a day, every day, for the 30 days of April.
I first heard about it through a post by Shanna Compton, which then led me to a post by Maureen Thorson, so I joined her blogroll.
The goal is not to create the perfect poem every day, but to get people to write poetry. A few of your poems will be amazing, a few of your poems will be literary garbage, but they all will be your creation and the experience will be one to remember.
Maureen writes:
Those who accept the NaPoWriMo challenge must commit themselves to writing a poem every day for the entirety of April. Those who accept this challenge may choose to post those poems on blogs, keep them in their notebooks, or hire underemployed skywriters to decorate urban cloudscapes with their output.
I have been doing this for around five years, and many have followed in my wake! If you plan to participate, go forth and do so! NaPoWriMo is free, requires no license, and wants you to propagate it in new and foreign soils.
I would love to have some Cloudy Day Art listeners and readers join me in this. If you agree to participate I will put a link to your blog on the Cloudy Day Art NaPoWriMo page, so others can follow along. I’ll post my poems on my poetry blog if you would like to follow along.
Contact me if you’re in! Oh, if you read this after April 1st, you can still join in. I won’t tell. 
Flashback Friday - Brother Yao interview by Gerry T
March 21, 2008
Gerry T, now of “The Gerry T Show“, interviews poet, performer, and entrepreneur Bro Yao. From March 20, 2006.
Check it out here: Cloudy Day Art #42
Flashback Friday is a new regular feature that I’m adding to the site, because there are many great interviews and shows that many of you have never heard and these poets deserve to be heard again!
Let me know what you think in the comments!
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March 20, 2008
It always brings a smile to my face when I hear about teachers finding unique ways to bring technology into the classroom and the learning process. This time I am smiling ear-to-ear when I heard about a teacher doing it using two of my favorite passions: Poetry and Podcasting!
The school is Glenbrook Elementary of Euclid, OH. The teacher is Mrs. Mahoney.
Apparently the kids are quite fond of the poem “Booger Love” by Brod Bagert. A few of them recite it for their individual readings. My favorite recitation is by a student named “Kobie”. HERE is his reading.
Glenbrook Elementary Poetry Podcast
Does anyone know of any other schools doing something similar? Let me know in the comments.
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