IWSG Day and Anthologies

 

Happy first Wednesday of the month. As you know today’s the day where all us writers come together in a blog hop of love and support. Whether to air our dirty writing woes or share our writing joys. Thanks to creating this community and bringing us together goes to ninja extraordinaire Alex Cavanuagh.

Thanks also goes to the awesome co-hosts posting today: Stephen Tremp, Pat Garcia,Angela Wooldridge, Victoria Marie Lees, and Madeline Mora-Summonte!

Interested in joining us? Click on the badge above. Our Twitter hashtag and handle are #IWSG and @TheIWSG.

So what’s going on with me this month?

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30 Days of Poetry Love 2- Anthology- Sarah Kay*

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Happy National Poetry Month day 5!

Today’s poem is by Sarah Kay. I’d stumbled on this spoken word poet when I saw a Button Poetry post on Facebook.

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You wouldn’t believe how glad I was when I clicked on the video of Ms. Kay reading her poem “The Type.” This was one time curiosity did not kill the cat.

And if you have daughters, young nieces or cousins, hell grab your girl friends and sit them down. They have to listen to this.

30 Days of Poetry Love 2- Anthology- Roscoe Burnems*

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Happy day 3 of National Poetry Month!

Today’s favorite poem is by Roscue Burnems. I first heard of him from another poet. He/She mentioned him and this particular poem in last year’s 30 Days of Poetry Love interview. And whew, does the man give a whole new meaning and perspective to “holy words.”

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Here’s Roscoe Burnems, reciting his poem, “Too Close.”:

Ever attended a poetry reading? Or taken part in a slam poetry contest?

30 Days of Poetry Love 2-Anthology- Danez Smith*

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Happy National Poetry Month!

Last year I celebrated National Poetry Month by conducting poetry interviews. And posting one a day, for the whole of April. Well this year, as I didn’t have enough time to gather new poets to interview and still in the middle of  my blog tour. So I thought of doing something different but I didn’t know what. Until I visited Poets.org and saw the many ways to celebrate this month was by doing an anthology.