It's April again, so it's time for the Poem-a-Day Challenge from Robert Brewer at Poetic Asides.
I know this seems off topic, but I really enjoyed participating last year and found that many of my poems were parenting-inspired.
So you also might find that having a daily prompt gives you the structure you need to process what's going on in your life — mamahood included. It was a release for me. One day, I was able to write my son (ten months old at the time!) an apology for being kind of a lame mother. Hmmm...maybe I should reread that one.
Here are the full rules. This year, if you post your daily poems in the comments on Robert Brewer's blog, you can win a completion certificate and possibly be included in an eBook. Snap!
Check in at my writing blog for any updates throughout the month.
Photo courtesy Marc Iserman
I'm Lauren Wayne, writer and natural parent. I embrace attached parenting with an emphasis toward green living. 
3 comments:
I have totally been planning on writing my son a poem in honor of him turning 9 months. I haven't written a poem in so long! I hope I haven't lost my touch.
Oh, cool! I'm sure you'll get right back into it. Do you know how sad this is — I was thinking how much I enjoyed writing those poems last year, and I realized when opening my poetry file that that was the last time I'd written any? Hmm...
But I did get right back into it and am once again having fun. I hope you might consider posting your poem on your blog when you're done! It would be fun to read it.
I finished the poem, it's a long one! Not at all what I planned it to be, but that's the way with poems...almost like they write themselves. Or I should say my heart was writing, not my head. Anyway, it's on my blog, like I put my guts out for all too see. :)
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