At the Academy of American Poets critical discussion forum, www.poets.org/forum, you can also participate in NaPoWriMo. This section of the forum is dedicated to those who want to write (and share) their poem-a-day efforts through the month of April. No critiquing requirements--just quality practice and good fun.

I'm in for the poem-a-day.

I make a promise to myself every April to write a poem a day for the entire month and it never pans out. This year, I will succeed. Keep us posted on your progress!

I'm in. Can't see where to post them? For now my poems-a-day will be stashed here:

http://mycatsbreathsmellslikecatfood.wordpress.com/

April 1, 2008
By Nan Becklean

Fools was the theme of today’s New York Times crossword
And once I saw the puns, it was even easier than usual to solve,
Mind you, it’s only Tuesday.
Come Friday, I won’t say that
Even if I know the theme right off the bat
And by the way---forget Saturday.
Sunday is another story where every other week
I find joy in the acrostic---
Although I miss Thomas Middleton’s elegance
Terribly--
His classic exchange of letters
That made it plain, speaking of fools,
He was nobody’s.

 First day of summer

It’s a day every child will eagerly await
no matter what,
they just have to keep that date
when it’s done
another year will pass
before there’s a new one
forced to endure
another ten months of school
not so sure
it’s not so long
that any one can keep their cool
gotta be strong
maybe scam a daily hall pass
just pretend it’s an emergency
then raise your hand and ask
Three o’clock bell rings
first day’s done
your heart sings
that’s day one
what a bummer
one hundred and seventy nine more until summer. . .

©Rodney C. Walmer 4/1/08 Inspired by poem a day challenge.

Hi Robert, Thanks for making Poem a Day such fun. I'm holding my own at Big Window. At WITS we do a kiddie version of Poem a Day. See our blog for the details.

thank you Robert,
what a fantastic idea. ( I love the 'no pressure' bit ;)
I'm in.
Joan