RU NaPoWriMo: COURAGE IS NOTHING MORE THAN FEAR THAT’S SAID ITS PRAYERS

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

COURAGE IS NOTHING MORE THAN FEAR THAT’S SAID ITS PRAYERS

            Bama poets preach between poems

and Jesus is here, dethroned
Dr. King in the swaying IKEA lanterns
  in the north we insist
we’re not implicated
  in the south the ghosts among
            beloved or cursed but not exorcised
  Would You Like To Join This Group?
PRIESTS WITH A PAST


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WHAT WE DO

Since 2010, Rutgers English PhD students and friends have been writing a poem a day for the month of April as part of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month).

From the NaPoWriMo official site:

NaPoWriMo was founded in 2003, when poet Maureen Thorson decided to take up the challenge (modeled after NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month), and challenged other poets to join her. Since then, the number of participants has gotten larger every year, and many writers’ organizations, local, national and even international, organize NaPoWriMo activities.