The month of April is designated as National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate poetry and poets. The tradition was initiated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Since then many other poetry organizations have followed the tradition. The aim is to
- highlight the extraordinary legacy and ongoing achievement of American poets,
- encourage the reading of poems,
- assist teachers in bringing poetry into their classrooms,
- increase the attention paid to poetry by national and local media,
- encourage increased publication and distribution of poetry books, and
- encourage support for poets and poetry.
There are many ways to celebrate the month and many are listed on the Academy of American Poets website.
To honor the poets and poetry and encourage the writing of serious poetry, I am offering a community page where poets around the world can write a poem-a-day (or as many days as you want to) during the month of April 2020. I will provide a daily prompt for inspiration, but you don’t have to follow the prompt. As an additional incentive, if you write a great sonnet I might feature in the summer issue. The page will be password-protected to retain the future publication rights of the poet. This activity is totally free. There’s no charge to participate. So, sharpen your pencils. You have the whole month of March to do that. Go ahead, sign up and see you in April. To sign up for the activity, leave a comment below and send your email contact to theliterarynest@gmail.com by March 30th, so I can send you the password. I will open the page for writing on April 1.
The Literary Nest 
Folks, to get your password for April, please send your contact email to theliterarynest@gmail.com by March 30th.
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I will commit
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Yes, this sounds exciting. Please contact me at diannemoritz@aol.com. TY
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Please include me. I’d like very much to participate. Many thanks.
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Yes. I’m in. What a great idea. Thanks
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Please include me.
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I’ll do it! Thank you 🙂
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Sounds like a great idea!
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Sounds great I’m in
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I’ll be there in it… thanks for opportunity…
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I’ll give it a try.
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Accepting a challenge is the easy part. I can at least compose a sonnet.
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I’ll be in it for as long as I can stand it.
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Id like to try, but is it ok to keep my poems in a notebook instead of psoting them?
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It’s encouraged to share your work with others to keep each other motivated and to create workshop experience.
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I’m in!
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Sounds like a great challenge. Deal me in.
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I might not manage to do all of it – April’s going to be busy – but I’d like to try.
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I’m in as well! many thanks!
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I’m in! Thank you so much!
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