RU NaPoWriMo: Declaration

Friday, April 1, 2011

Declaration

buzzing beasts of morning
insects of the porch, the stream
creatures of the wood and fields
crow, snake, lizard, dove
meet my nakedness in the sun.

I scratch, the world shudders.
Tyrant of the day, lord of the stoop.

2 comments:

caolanApril 1, 2011 at 2:17 PM
Whitmanically expansive, expansively domestic! and makes me look forward to better weather (& wish I had a stoop.)
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beccaApril 1, 2011 at 2:38 PM
I also wish I had a stoop. Why do we live in Brooklyn without stoops?!

I declare Evan Lord of the Stoop! Wait, he already did....
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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.