The title of this little blog post, I realize, is deceptive. Please know that you will not find included herein 100 poems by a person named April. Rather, it is my hope and goal (hence, this public announcement) to write my 100th blog poem by April 1. My rationale is, initially, silly. In April of 2013 I participated in the National Poetry Writing Month by writing a poem a day every day in the month of April. For some reason, I think, maybe to distinguish the poetry from other things decidedly NOT poetry, I decided to number these poems. 1 through 30. But then I kept writing poems. And I kept numbering them. I just posted #73. And my secret (now public) fear is that if I participate again in NaPoWriMo (which is my plan) I will find myself in the unenviable position of writing poem number 93 on the 17th day of April. That’s just not good. So the silly reason for writing 100 poems by April 1 is so that on April 1 I can post poem #101 and on the 3oth of April I can post poem #130.
The second reason for writing 100 poems by April 1 is simply to have written 100 poems in a year’s time. I’ve said this before. I don’t know if they’re good poems. Because mostly they’re written quickly, they may read kind of like Anne Lamott’s concept of the shitty rough draft. And because they’re public, they may not “delve” in the way some of the best poetry delves. In other words, there may be subjects I’ve avoided, or incidents of self-censorship I’ve allowed. There may be artful risks I’ve side-stepped. All of this may be true, but it’s still a pretty cool thing to say you’ve written 100 poems in a year, and if I’m able to do this, I’ll be able to say it. I’ll say, hey, I’ve written 100 poems in a year. Cool.
So, if I just posted #73, I will need to write 27 new poems in February and March. Over two months, it’s about half of what I will do in April. It will be good exercise, I think. And maybe you can help. Do you have any suggestions? Are there kinds of poems or subjects that would amuse you in a Michael Jarmer composition? Let me know. Seriously. Really. Please. I have my work cut out for me anyway, but without your help, I may have even more work cut out for me.
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I read all of your posts/poems and have enjoyed this window into the world of Michael Jarmer, someone I continue to love. More and more. I especially like your teaching ones, I think, but then I think, I don’t know — what about his Dad posts, like the one about raking leaves? Have you tried writing “after” a poet/poem you like or even don’t like? Playing with someone else’s structure or main idea? love to you. Faith H
Lovely. Thank you, Faith. The teaching poems and the Dad poems come easily–the material is almost inexhaustible. I’m sure there’ll be lots more of those. I like the “after” idea. I’ll mull that one over. Love you.