NaPoWriMo 2024

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's NaPoWriMo! 

I know, I know, it's been awhile. My blog's been hiding under a little rock, occasionally poking up to say, here's some old, revised content. I did actually write a post addressing this, that I'll be publishing soon, but whether I rise to the challenge or not, I don't usaully miss a good NaPoWriMo kick off, even if belated. 

The funny thing is, for the enitre second half of March, I was like, NaPoWriMo is coming! And then lost my steam by April 1st. Le, shrug. 

But it's only 8 days in, which means there is plenty of time to catch up. 

For those of you new to NaPoWriMo, it's essentially a poetry writing challenge to celebrate National Poetry Month wherein you try to write a poem for every day within in the month. Careful, read that again. A poem for every day, not a poem everyday. Though when I first started doing NaPo I aimed for a poem a day. And it really did change the way I viewed poetry, most of all my own. 

I've had a rough, ROUGH, five years and for the first bit in a long, long bit, I'm feeling much more me. And since my first attempt at NaPo was so rewarding, I figured this would be a good way to get back into regular writing, and hopefully regular posting (even if sporadic has always been my "normal" style, it's still better than a sparse regurgitated 3 posts over two years... or whatever the precise number there was.)

For more on NaPoWriMo or to hang out with poets cooler than me, check out the official site: https://www.napowrimo.net/ 

And remember the rules:

1. Write 30 poems. 

2. Try something new. 

3. Share the poems, at least sometimes. 

That's it for today... just an invitation to play. But I'll get to sharing what I've got tomorrow. Will you?