Mar 30 & 31 prompts. NaPoWriMo. Poem. Readings. Kitchen Sink.

Today’s is going to be a long post – Because it is the final day to prepare for National Poetry Month and I have a lot of irons in the fire – so to speak.

Yesterday’s prompt was “hyper”.

Today is World Backup Day – Something I actually do 2 ‘s a year. In April right before NAPoWriMo ends AND in November right before NaNoWriMo ends. It’s when I have the most to lose, so those have been the times when my computer is most at risk to “crash” and lose everything. LOL! So today’s prompt is “back-up”.

Guess I should take the precaution and back my ‘puters up early. My brother had his laptop die on him this month – only to find his dusty desktop was too old to be upgraded. He is not a happy camper right now; trekking his way to his boss’ home each day now to do the computer scheduling, rather than work from home like he was doing.

Tomorrow National/Global Poetry Month. starts – and with it the annual writing challenges “Poem-A-Day” aka PAD.

I will be participating in three of them myself:

Rober t Lee Brewer’s Apr PAD challenge on his Writer’s Digest’ Poetic Asides blog. This is his 11th year offering it – And I have been participating each time.
The official NaPoWriMo Challenge (Nation Poetry Writing Month). Also accurately called GloPWriMo (Global Poetry Writing Month) as it quickly went international. Based loosely on the NaNoWriMo model; it has not been around as long as RLB’s Challenge, but it’s got more attention. …ANd they have an early bird prompt for today! Annnnd – today they’ve got NaNoMriMo/GloPoWriMo buttons o add to your website.
The Poetry School NaPoWriMo challenge. You need to register to participate in this one … but it is free! And they have some dynamic prompts they post!
WORDxWord is doing a 30/30 challenge on their blog. Day 1 is up already!
Moore School offers a 30 Day Poetry Challenge – a list of prompts for each National Poetry Month Day.
Contemporary Verse 2 does a twist on Poetry Writing for National Poetry Month … they have a 2-Day challenge. Check their page out for the deets.

There may be others … I will share them when I find them!

I have some poetry readings coming up …

An Anthology I participated in – Moment Before Midnight – launches in April. (April 26 to be precise). This is a poetry collection that explores the current political climate and my a home for some of my recent political pieces. MOM poets will be reading on the following dates

Thursday, April 12 Salem Poetry Project at the Barrel & Keg in Salem, Oregon 7 – 8:30 PM in Salem Oregon.

Saturday, April 14 at the West Linn Library in West Linn, Oregon (I can’t make this event.)
Thursday, April 26 at the Barrel & Keg in Salem, Oregon Western Oregon University (WOU) Noon to 5PM.

-Western Oregon University, Monmouth, 345 Monmouth Ave. N. 97361

-Building ITC 211 (Auditorium, 115 seats)

Reading, workshops (including Spanish ones), ‘poet professors’, student organizations, etc
Sunday, June 10, “Burning Down the Barnes” @ Barnes & Noble in Eugene, Oregon 3-5 PM (I can’t make this event.)