#NPM18 - 30/30 It's A Wrap!

April is #NPM18 - National Poetry Month.

"Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket."

 ~Charles Simic

           

         Be sure to see the page on the bar above for the Progressive Poem's schedule of poets, hosted by Irene Latham at Live Your Poem.  

        And, see what many are doing for Poetry Month, by looking HERE at Jama Rattigan's post at Jama's Alphabet Soup.
          

              My goal for Poetry Month: A haiku diary that may include other forms related to haiku, like haibun, haiga. monoku or renga. My first poem speaks of why I am handwriting the poems.

April’s garden,

growing poems 

on lined pages

                    Linda Baie

         What can I do, but celebrate this past month? I have written my haiku diary, posted thirty poems, but actually written others, rejecting some, but perhaps they'll be re-worked a bit more, and become worth sharing. I've written 20 poems for Renee La Tulippe's wonderful Community Collection, wishing I could have done more, but there was not enough time. I've written a few other poems here and there, and have contributed my line to Irene Latham's growing child, the Progressive Poem.  And I've read, poems and poems, and more poems by others - collected a few, cried over some, laughed at others. I believe my "garden" grown in April is done!
        Thanks to everyone who visited and enjoyed the small adventures of my days.       
  

links:

       Poem One
       Poem two

       Poem three 

       Poem Four

       Poem Five
       Poem Six  

       Poem Seven

       Poem Eight 

       Poem Nine 

       Poem Ten
      Poem Eleven
      Poem Twelve
      Poem Thirteen
      Poem Fourteen
      Poem Fifteen
      Poem Sixteen 
      Poem Seventeen
      Poem Eighteen
      Poem Nineteen
      Poem Twenty
      Poem Twenty-One
      Poem Twenty-Two
      Poem Twenty-Three
      Poem Twenty-Four
      Poem Twenty-Five
      Poem Twenty-Six
      Poem Twenty-Seven
      Poem Twenty-Eight
      Poem Twenty-Nine

                 Here is poem 30, written a few years ago as my definition of poetry.