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National Poetry Month – A Poem-a-Day Challenge

Lynda McKinney Lambert - American Author

 

 

 

 

 

A  THANKFUL Tuesday

 in the place where 

I am 

Walking by Inner Vision

 

I continue thinking about the happiness I find wherever I happened to be in this world.  

 

“Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.” — Gary Snyder

 

Birds in flight on a rainy day.

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A Day at River Road Studio

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Pause today to think about what we have right where we are in America. I am thankful for my little piece of Heaven-on-Earth in western Pennsylvania.  I am at home here in the little Village of Wurtemburg. This is the place where I DIG IN and do my work in making art and writing poetry and thoughtful personal essays.

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April is National Poetry Month.

This is the time of year when poets unite with a mission – to write a poem a day.

Typically, for the entire month of April, participating poets follow a schedule and use prompts to create their poems. A prompt is a suggestion for a theme or poetry form used for inspiration for doing a different sort of poem each day.  

I’ve tried numerous times to do this daily activity. This kind of pre-planned schedule does not WORK for me! I think that is because it is too much like working a job and it has the opposite effect on me.

I think my inner resistance to joining others in the production line of poetry writing is most likely because I don’t want to be expected to do anything on a timeline.

 I just can’t tether myself to that goal post and reach it by doing something EVERY DA “Y for a month. It is too much like being employed and expected to be at work every day.  

A plan for the production of a product (poem) is too predictable for my free spirit. I admit that I’ve never been tested for ADD. Perhaps that might explain my reluctance to stay focused on writing a poem each day for an entire month.

I stray off course easily.

Randomness and chance are with me every day.  They are good companions and we joyfully move through the days of creation  together.

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This article by Lynda McKinney Lambert is Inspired by  the writings of William Wordsworth.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850)

excerpts from THE PRELUDE; OR THE GROWTH OF A POET’S MIND

Read it Read it here.

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National Poetry Month – A Poem-a-Day Challenge — 1 Comment

  1. Lynnda, I don’t blame you for not wanting to write a poem a day for a month. I did that one year. I wrote a poem every day in April and posted it on my blog. On top of everything else I had to do, it’s a wonder I still had my sanity by the end of the month. Others have the time and inclination to do this, and that’s great! Happy poeming.

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