As we were walking off in the rain to meet his mom for breakfast, Steve made this sound of spring….boinnng! I thought that would make a good title for a post. I admit that I am a sound effects gal. It comes with being an actor of sorts and a singer. Ever notice how most guys do use sound effects at least occasionally in their conversation, but women do less often? Maybe it’s not really ladylike, but I get more animated as I get more comfortable with the people around me. I enjoy hamming it up. I’ve been posting some pretty serious stuff because I have a lot of that in me, too, but lately, I’ve been itching to burst out with something creative and lively. I am ready to engage in some collaboration, but I’ve been frustrated in my recent attempts with voice students and job interviews (still waiting to hear from Old World Wisconsin). I’ve found something to try, though….a poetry challenge!
That’s right, folks, the NaPoWriMo challenge is about to begin on April 1! This is the National Poetry Writing Month challenge: a poem a day for 30 days. I once self-published a booklet of poems and sold 50 copies at my church’s gift shop, all proceeds going to charity. One of my poems got published in The Living Church magazine, though I got no payment for it. My religious poetry tried to be very serious. Nowadays I write rhyming greeting card poetry for Steve’s aunt, just because she lights up so generously when I do. I’m curious to see how I might respond to the prompts offered by the challenge organizers. It’ll be another way to discover who I am, and possibly there will be a collaborative element as I post and receive comments. My father used to write very amusing little rhymes in Valentines and birthday cards for me and my kids. I loved getting those in the mail! I miss that. Perhaps some of that joy will spring up with this endeavor in April. Also, it’ll be fun to try to illustrate my posts with photographs to match.
What do you do when you hunger for creative collaboration? (…besides what the birds & bees are doing 😉 , which is very satisfying as well!)
scillagrace 
haha…looking forward to reading some.. I write poetry myself from time to time…this is not one of those times though…too busy with work and photography!
Maybe you’ll get caught up in the spirit of it and comment in rhyme!
I’ll take on the challenge — you post a poem of yours in this blog, and I’ll comment with another. I will assume couplets, haiku & limericks fall under the poetry rubric however much they may seem like cheating.
Everything’s fair game, according to the NaPoWriMo site, which I will interpret for “very large values of fair”. Go easy on me, sis; I’ve never studied poetry!
don’t worry! This will be about fun and creative collaboration, not literary exegesis. Word play!
Oh, good. The prompt for tomorrow is “Carpe Diem”. You can see the daily posts at NaPoWriMo if you want to have the same info I do, or you can just respond to…me!