Cloudy Day Art #84 - Five Things I Learned from NaPoWriMo
May 13, 2008
I have had a couple of weeks to digest the experience that was National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), so in this week’s poetry podcast I decided to share with you five things that I took away from the experience.
- Community is important
- Studying and practicing forms help build a better toolbox
- Reading poetry regularly helps build a better toolbox
- The importance of observing your surroundings
- When you don’t have a topic to write about, meditate 5 minutes to open up your mind
These are not the only things I learned, but a few of the key takeaways. In fact, listen in for a bonus #6.
I would love to hear lessons learned from anyone else who participated in this challenge or any other similar challenge. Just leave a comment, fill out the contact form, send and email, or call in to the voicemail line.
Special thanks to James Berkowitz for sharing his poem “New York City Streets”!
Please go to his website to check out his many other projects and poetry.
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Featured Video : Taylor Mali - “Like Lilly Like Wilson”
May 10, 2008
This week’s featured video is by the amazing poet Taylor Mali. Since the first time I heard it on Indiefeed, this spoken word piece has always been one of my favorites. Listen.
CDA #83 - Interview with poet Katie Haegele
May 2, 2008
This week’s poetry podcast interview is with poet and freelance journalist Katie Haegele.
Katie interviewed a bunch of Association of Poetry Podcasting (APP) members back in September 2007 for an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, so I decided to interview her to find out a little bit about here.
We had a great conversation about poetry and she shared three poems of her own.
Also mentioned in this show:
Katie Haegele’s website, The La-La Theory
Copy of article Katie wrote about the APP
NaPoWriMo (Go here to find links to some of the folks who participated)
APP (sign up in the forums!)
eMail Our Military (promo)
Outro song: “Sun vs Moon” by Codaphonic (courtesy the Podsafe Music Network)
Please share your thoughts in the comments below!
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