In honor of National Poetry Month I have been reading books of poetry and books about writing/reading poetry. I have yet to write any poems this month, but then I haven’t written a poem in a while.
One can find a lot of poems & poetry-related information at Poets.org (from the Academy of American Poets). Three resources that seem immediately relevant to me are:
- Poem Flow app for the iPhone/Touch
- Poem-A-Day for National Poetry Month (email)
- Mobile site
I need to check out more of their information on writing and reading poems, too.
Since I haven’t written anything lately, I thought I might (re)share the poems I have previously posted here. I think this might be a complete list but would not be surprised to find out I missed 1 or 2.
Chronologically, oldest to most recent:
- Poetry? Verse? Maybe just heartfelt crap. : A birthday poem with a bonus footnote poem for a friend
- fallen : A questioning, dreadful, struggling realization brought on by decaying fall leaves which first touched me as visually beautiful and then changed to words which insisted on being written immediately.
- Stargazing : In commemoration of dating Sara for a month by describing its beginning.
- The End of summer in an Alley
- Too Late
- whatever will shall be : We’ll leave the details between Sara and me but is based on the Tam Lin story.
- Tis just a wee fuss for my friend Pikas : More birthday doggerel for my friend Christina.
- (Personal) Change : Inspired by a song I heard on the car radio.
- Sometimes – Song series 1 : For Sara; inspired by James’ song “Sometimes.”
- It Began In An Alley : For Sara for our 1st anniversary.