POETRY FOR 30 DAYS IN APRIL DAY 11

Project Details Hello friend, I am Timothy Kimo Brien, head instigator at Create Art Podcast where we help you to tame the inner critic and create more than we consume. Every year in April National Poetry Writing Month occurs, this is a challenge to write 30 poems in 30 days and comes from the NaPoWriMo site. When you participate you are given a prompt every day for 30 days and you can choose to follow the prompt or not. Each prompt has a commentary with it and a style of poetry that you may not be familiar with. I enjoy it because it stretches my creative muscles and helps me organize my thoughts. I also really enjoy a good challenge. There is also an opportunity to read other people's work as they post on their websites and for you to comment on their work, giving them encouragement or offering a suggestion. Care to join me on this journey? Day 11 Prompt This is a twist on a prompt offered by Kay Gabriel during a meeting she facilitated at the Poetry Project last year. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a two-part poem, in the form of an exchange of letters. The first stanza (or part) should be in the form of a letter that you write either to yourself or to a famous fictional or historical person. The second part should be the letter you receive in response. These can be as short or long as you like, in the form of prose poems, or with line breaks – and of course, the subject matter of the letters is totally up to you. Happy writing! Day 11 Poem To Ken and Joe 1 When I heard your voices On Sunday nights in Chicago Laying alone in my bed Waiting for Monday morning And the start of the drudgery Before I would drift off to the dreams You constructed In the two hours My attention was never more focused On the little things you would add A thought here, a discarded phrase there What most people who did listen in would miss Was the crumbs that I feasted upon I wanted to recreate what you had done But soon I found that I was failing to sound like you And I am glad for that failure Because I sound like me Inspired by you To tell the world how I see them You both have passed on Just when this party down here was getting good So now we are left to tell our stories Without your voice And twisted reality 2 Tim Your voice is enough Your vision is enough It is souls like you That keep us from feeling the isolation From the creeping madness that chants No one will understand, Everyone will think you untalented You are truly insane talking to yourself We are glad you are finding your voice As we have found ours Since we are missing the party below Write your open letter to us Save the really juicy stuff For no one else alive to hear And save it for those who truly understand Those yet to be born and those freshly deceased PS can we send this to our good friends John and Leonard We have been playing euchre with them And are waiting for Tom to come So we can figure out who reads Your lines better Reaching Out To reach out to me, email [email protected] I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and lets start that conversation. Email: [email protected] YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod Mighty Networks: Create Art Podcast This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy