As April is National Poetry Month, April is also National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) [or see Wikipedia].

We have a good friend who has committed to NaPoWriMo and her email alerting us to this and to the blog she will be using to do so awakened our thoughts. So this morning Sara and I decided to participate in our own NaPoReMo, National Poetry Reading Month. We plan on reading & discussing a poem we like each day. Not sure if that means a poem each each … or a poem … but we’ll figure it out.

I doubt I’ll commit to NaPoWriMo but setting aside a couple of hours each week to devote to writing poetry is on my list of “Important Things.”

I have been reading a fair bit of poetry lately and even started jonesin’ for more Mary Oliver after finishing everything I got for Christmas/birthday. Ordered 3 (2 poetry/1 hdbk) from amazon and about to jump in but reading something else right now. Soon. Like in April. Mary Oliver will supply me lots of poems to love and discuss with Sara. I read lots of Oliver poems to Sara.

As to the writing … well, I’ll be happy if I can start dedicating the couple of hours per week I said I want to commit to it.