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Poetry
is possibly one of the most unpopular forms of literature in
existence today. Trying to get people to read something other than
their own Facebook news feed is a challenge, so trying to open
people's minds to the medium of poetry- an outlet most people haven't
looked at since they were last forced to just before they left
school- is particularly tough.
I'm
one of the few people I know with an interest in the form, and I've
been dabbling with poetry throughout April. After all, April was
National Poetry Writing Month in America,
and a lot of the blogs I read are US-based (see the blogrolls on the
right). I thought I'd get involved. Whether any of my friends or
regular blog readers checked out my numerous poetry posts I don't
know. Whether anyone thought any of these posts made any sense is
also debatable. But the organisers of NaPoWriMo came up with some
interesting prompts and I enjoyed dabbling with these ideas.
At
the start of the month, my plan was to focus on feedback on poems and
getting work published. Well, I've found a good site for getting reviews on poetry. I'll
write it up here soon. But I spent most of the month working with the
surprisingly effective prompts (the fruits of which can be seen in
the last few blog posts, with a few more in the pipeline).
Publication, however, is unlikely to happen until late this year...
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