What is National Poetry Writing Month?
Welcome, art enthusiasts and wordsmiths alike, to another episode of Create Art Podcast! We are diving headfirst into the enchanting world of poetry as we celebrate National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo). This annual event, which takes place every April, encourages poets and aspiring writers around the globe to embrace their creativity and commit to writing a poem each day for the entire month.
The Beauty of National Poetry Writing Month:
NaPoWriMo, similar to its prose-centric counterpart National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), is a celebration of the written word and the boundless creativity that can flow when one dedicates themselves to a daily practice. Poets of all levels of expertise are invited to take part, from seasoned wordsmiths to those just dipping their toes into the vast ocean of verse.
Create Art Podcast has always been a haven for artists to share their creative processes, and NaPoWriMo offers a unique opportunity for poets to reflect on their craft. With a daily commitment to producing poetry, participants discover new facets of their writing style, experiment with various forms, and explore uncharted emotional territories.
Prompt for today
And now for our prompt – optional, as always! Today, we’d like to encourage you to take a look at @StampsBot, and become inspired by the wide, wonderful, and sometimes wacky world of postage stamps. For example, while it certainly makes sense that China would issue a stamp featuring a panda, it’s less clear to us why the Isle of Man should feel the need to honor 2001: A Space Odyssey in stamp form. From Romanian mushrooms to Sudanese weavers to the Marshall Islands getting far too excited over personal computing, stamps are a quasi-lyrical, quasi-bizarre look into what different cultures (or at least their postal authorities) hold dear.
And if you’re not on or able to access the @StampsBot account, fear not! You may find an inspiring stamp or two by perusing the online “International Philately” (say that three times fast) exhibit from the National Postal Museum.
Image I used https://twitter.com/StampsBot/status/1779219469635613169/photo/1
Poem for Today
Self-Delivered Eulogy
15 April 24
It was the last album from a man who transcended what was normal
It was his last goodbye
No one was worthy to say the final words
So, he said it all himself
In a world that tried to define him
He constantly defied expectations
I wept on that day he left us
And when I saw his song Lazarus on the screen
I felt this was his end
We won’t see another like him
Saying that seems so passe’
We didn’t have much to compare him to
Prince, yes, Hendrix possibly
Freddy and Leonard were cut from the same cloth
And I wept when they passed
There was a hole that refused to be filled
No one could console me
No one ever will
He was a black star in a sky full of light
He marked his ending with one last curtain call
Leaving us with one last goodbye
Thise who mocked him
And tried to take his hero status down a notch
Were the loudest criers when he let go
Now they have no one to scoff
They never would have welcomed him in
Not that he would accept the invitation
The Chameleon King
The Thin Prince
He was always a step ahead
And now he has taken the final step in life
Which we all will take one day
My hope is to go out as gracefully
And being able to tell my story
As he bravely told his
My hope is to live my life
As bravely as he did
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