tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post3200018925154497993..comments2024-02-12T16:32:03.714-08:00Comments on Book of Kells: NaPoWriMo & Thoughts about Writing a BookKelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-54765983593132656242007-05-02T11:58:00.000-07:002007-05-02T11:58:00.000-07:00Lyle, congrats on your basic sense "keepers." ;-)I...Lyle, <BR/><BR/>congrats on your basic sense "keepers." ;-)<BR/><BR/>I've seen poets who have done that with titles. It's an interesting exercise.<BR/><BR/>thanks!Kelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-67472990533444679352007-05-01T21:28:00.000-07:002007-05-01T21:28:00.000-07:00I attempted the poem-a-day thing this month (I don...I attempted the poem-a-day thing this month (I don't like saying NaPoWriMo, because it's such a clunky-sounding acronym, also because I work at a large corporation that uses lots of obscure acronyms in day-to-day business -- but anyway).<BR/><BR/>As the month went by, I gradually lagged a little behind, but I managed to write 24 poems in 30 days, and started one more on April 30th that's not finished yet. I'm sure I wouldn't have written any of the two dozen poems if I hadn't been trying to do it for the poem-a-day month.<BR/><BR/>All of the 24 poems I finished are "keepers," in a basic sense, though some are tiny and fairly minimal, a few lines, a couple of images. A few are more hefty maybe. (There was one other that I figured out wasn't going anywhere, and I abandoned it unfinished. Needs more time to ripen before it's cookable.)<BR/><BR/>Many years ago a poet I knew suggested reading all the titles of a book of poems, in sequence, as a kind of exercise, to see what kind of poem they would make. It works better with the work of some poets than with others. For example, James Wright's poems have a lot of really interesting titles. Bill Knott, on the other hand, titles lots of his short poems "Poem."Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-36089553740056997582007-05-01T15:11:00.000-07:002007-05-01T15:11:00.000-07:00Thanks, Valerie. I wonder if I could write a poem...Thanks, Valerie. I wonder if I could write a poem with just the titles. ;-)Kelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-36002125493554467542007-05-01T14:46:00.000-07:002007-05-01T14:46:00.000-07:00Congrats on the 30/30! There are some fun titles i...Congrats on the 30/30! There are some fun titles in here.Valerie Lovelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309299429765944601noreply@blogger.com