National Poetry Month and NaPoWriMo
As spring break falls entirely within April this year, I thought I would try writing a poem a day for National Poetry Month (in the US, anyway) and gathering others to do it with me. It's entirely an honour system, and I recommend tailoring the challenge to one's own needs: if you prefer to write two poems one day and none the next, or to write a section of a long poem you're working on, etc., that's just as worthy. I'll post on my progress at various points and welcome your responses, news of your own progress, etc. So here's my gang, resident in the UK unless otherwise noted:
1. Lucy Maxwell Scott, Devizes
2. Isabel Palmer, Swindon
3. Elinor Brooks, Swindon
4. Rachael Clyne, Glastonbury
5. Stephen Daniels, Swindon
6. Pey Colborne, Bath
7. Janice Booth, Swindon
8. Hazel Hammond, Bristol
9. Ken Evans, Manchester
10. Jack Tinmouth, Southampton
11. Emma Lee, Leicester
12. Diane Mulholland, London
13. Catherine Edmunds, Bishop Auckland
14. Ann Matthews, Aberystwyth/Muggleswick
15. Hilary Robinson, Saddleworth
16. Dru Marland, Kennet and Avon Canal
17. Anna-May Laugher, Swindon
18. Penny Sharman, Mossley
19. Susan De Sola Rodstein, Amsterdam, Netherlands
20. John Mills, Stoke on Trent
21. Sarah Watkinson, Woodstock
22. Lawrence Toms, Cardiff
23. Wendy Pratt, Filey
24. Kate Noakes, London/Paris
25. Fawzia Murdali Kane, London
26. Rachel Davies, Saddleworth
27. Matt Erik Katch, Takamatsu, Japan
28. Catherine Ayres, Alnwick
29. Catherine Wood, Carlisle
30. Lucia Sellars, Swindon
31. Miranda Barnes, Peasedown St. John
32. Lily Kerfoot, Exeter
33. Maria Apichella, Bury St. Edmunds
34. Jo Waterworth, Glastonbury
35. Robert Lee Kendrick, Clemson, South Carolina
36. Ruth Stacey, Worcester
37. Hannah Linden, near Totnes
38. Zoë Sîobhan Howarth-Lowe, Dukinfield
39. Maisie Frances, London
40. Julia Webb, Norwich
41. Liz Mills, Stoke on Trent
42. Eliza Burmistre, Bath
43. Ilse Pedler, Saffron Walden
44. Tee Francis, Bridport
45. Dawn Gorman, near Frome
46. Rehan Qayoom, London
47. Kristina Close, Hindhead
48. Aisling Tempany, Cardiff
49. Joanna Nissel, Bath
50. Chlöe Mayo, Northampton
51. Maria Taylor, Loughborough
52. Cynthia Carpenter, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
53. Pippa Little, Newcastle upon Tyne
54. John Foggin, near Wakefield
55. Lily Dunn, London
56. Nina Lewis, Worcestershire
57. Bill Morgan, Normal, Illinois
58. Frank Dullaghan, Dubai, U.A.E.
59. Mat Riches, Beckenham
60. Barbara Farley, Budleigh Salterton
61. Neil Richards, Worcester
62. Katherine Lockton, London
63. Aaron Lembo, Manchester
64. Simon Williams, near Buckfastleigh, Devon
65. Lucy Waller, Bath
66. Angela Topping, Cheshire
67. Carole Heidi Holland, North Shropshire
68. Celia Jenkins, Japan
69. Pam Thompson, Leicester
70. Hattie Parker, Trowbridge
71. Susan Utting, Wokingham
72. Myriam San Marco, Bournemouth
73. Aimée Coates, Bath
74. James Autio, Minneapolis, Minnesota
75. Rosie Jackson, Trudoxhill, Frome
76. Graham Burchell, Rattery
77. Fay Roberts, Cambridge
78. Laura McKee, Bexleyheath, Kent
79. Tanja Scharling, Odense, Denmark
80. Barbara Marsh, London
81. Dawn Lee, Nairobi, Kenya
82. Matt Bryden, Monksilver
83. Caitlin Maeve Gillespie, Wallingford, Oxfordshire
84. Susie Campbell, Stoke, Guildford
85. Shirley Wright, Bristol
86. Violet Dahl, Bath
87. Kristian S. Hæggernes, Bergen, Norway
88. Grey Nicholls, Tameside
89. Modal Roberts, Manchester
90. Clare Whittaker, Edinburgh
91. Gary Raymond, Newport, Wales
92. Dawn Trook, Merced, California
93. Angela Carr, Dublin
94. Robert Harper, Shropshire
95. Jenny Hope, Worcestershire
96. Cathy Bryant, Disley
97. Sam Loveless, Swindon
98. John Soanes, Taunton
99. Lovz Klose, Odense, Denmark
100. Dave Sealey, Yeovil
101. Catherine Jones, Stroud
102. Maggie Harris, West Wales
103. Sharon Larkin, Cheltenham
104. Angela Cleland, Egham
105. Janice Dempsey, Guildford
106. Angelina Oberdan, Charlotte, North Carolina
107. Jacqui Rowe, Birmingham
108. Helen Bowell, Colmar, France
109. Tim Dooley, Harrow
110. Sarah L. Dixon, Manchester
111. Bo Staffs, Moorlands
112. Donall Dempsey, Guildford
113. Cathleen Allyn Conway, London
114. Lulu Agate, Cambridge
115. Sara Viuf, Odense, Denmark
116. Sue Holland, North Shropshire
117. Jayne Stanton, Leicester
118. Martin Zarrop, Altrincham
119. Angela Readman, Newcastle
120. Maggie Mackay, Fife
121. Maria Jastrzebska, Brighton
122. Finola Scott, Glasgow
123. Angi Holden, Cheshire
124. Bethany Rivers, Shrewsbury
125. Levi Isaacs, Bath
126. Diane Cockburn, Durham
127. Keith Lander, Mossley
If you'd like to join us, please send me a message here, on Facebook, or on Twitter by the end of March and include your location. If you are on Facebook, I've created a closed group for mutual support, prompt sharing, etc. Regardless, I'll be posting regular updates on my progress here and asking others to share their experiences with the challenge, too.