So you’re a poet

~ Lynn Wagner

Lately, I’ve been teaching the Introductory Poetry Workshop at Lighthouse Writer’s Workshop.

Here are more than a half dozen things poets can do to keep the mojo going.

  1. Read. Make Poetry Daily  your home page or download the iPhone/iPad.app.
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  2. Read some more. Try Verse Daily for a similar treat.
  3. Write. Keep a journal, try 750 words, You need to know what’s on your mind and besides, writers write.
  4. Celebrate National Poetry Month in April. Don’t let novelists have all the fun. Try NaPoWriMo –National Poetry Writing Month, an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April.
  5. Write some more. Stuck? Try these 30 wise prompts from Kelli Russell Agodon.
  6. Watch it. Try Lucille Clifton’s “Homage to My Hips”.
  7. Go beyond. Lots of links for haiku.