#NovPAD 2018

[jenroseyokel]

Welcome to the Poetry Pub

Happy November! Either I inadvertently hibernated after finishing Write 31 Days OR I had a strange first half of the week. There was definitely a moment last night where I was in the kitchen making a grown-up drink and my husband and I pretty much were like this:

While I get my bearings, I wanted to let you know about something fun we started over on Facebook. For the past five-ish years, I’ve done the November Poem a Day Challenge with varying levels of success. The basic idea is NaNoWriMo for poets: except instead of trying to bang out a novel you write a poem each day. The Writer’s Digest poetry blog has a daily prompt, or you can ignore them altogether and write what you want.

Normally, I’d post them on the blog, but this year, I’m NovPadding at a brand new Facebook group called The Poetry Pub! Because NovPadding is way more fun with friends.

There are SO MANY good poems already, y’all. And I hope this space will be a safe place to practice poem-writing, get feedback and encouragement, or just share some of your favorite poets and poems... in November and beyond.

Right now, we’re sharing the daily prompt in the group, so if you want to jump in on NovPAD, feel free to request to join. Hope to see you at the Pub!

And just so I don’t completely neglect the blog... I figure I’ll share my favorite NovPAD piece of the week in this space. :) Here’s a love poem to salsa, for the prompt “glorious”:

It would've been enough to have tomatoes onions limes peppers cilantro (depending who you ask)

but the fact that salsa exists in a world that's sometimes as broken as the chips at the bottom of the bag

is no small thing.

[nwpoetariel]

Day 10 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 10 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD #PacNWpoet #poetry #poet #poetryprompt #writingprompt #amwriting #poem #NaNoWriMo #NovPAD #NaNoWriMo2018 #NovPAD2018 #PADChallenge

Day 10 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges – a third of the way there!

Today is International Accounting Day / Marine Corps Birthday / Sesame Street Day Let’sfind away to use all three … Today’s prompt? “counting on ol’ Sergent Bert”

Over at Brewer’s 2018 PAD Challenge, Day 10’s prompt is to write a teenage poem

For Poetry Potion’s Poem-A-Day Challenge, Day 10’s…

[nwpoetariel]

Day 27 NaNoWriMo, NovPAD & announcement

Day 27 NaNoWriMo, NovPAD & announcement

Day 27 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. Only 4 days left of the writing challenges … (more…)

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Day 25 NaNoWriMo, NovPAD & 21/30 poem

Day 25 NaNoWriMo, NovPAD & 21/30 poem

Day 25 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. The countdown has begun; counting today, only 6 days left. (more…)

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Day 24 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 24 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 24 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. Down to the last seven days of November’s writing challenges … (more…)

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Day 22 & 23 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 22 & 23 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 23 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. I inadvertently;y took yesterday – Thanksgiving Day – off. But here I am. (more…)

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Day 20 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 20 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 20 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. WE are two-thirds of the way there! (more…)

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Day 16 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 16 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. I’m out and about early today.

(more…)

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Day 15 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD& 14/30 poem

Day 15 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD& 14/30 poem

Officially at our halfway point! Day 15 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. (more…)

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Day 12 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD and 12/30 poem

Day 12 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD and 12/30 poem #PacNWpoet #poetry #poet #poetryprompt #writingprompt #amwriting #poem #NaNoWriMo #NovPAD #NaNoWriMo2018 #NovPAD2018 #PADChallenge

Day 12 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges – almost halfway … but don’t let that start you from starting. (more…)

[nwpoetariel]

Day 11 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 11 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD #PacNWpoet #poetry #poet #poetryprompt #writingprompt #amwriting #poem #NaNoWriMo #NovPAD #NaNoWriMo2018 #NovPAD2018 #PADChallenge

Day 11 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges – moving forward! (more…)

[nwpoetariel]

Day 9 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 6/30 poem

Day 9 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 6/30 poem #PacNWpoet #poetry #poet #poetryprompt #writingprompt #amwriting #poem #NaNoWriMo #NovPAD #NaNoWriMo2018 #NovPAD2018 #PADChallenge

Day 9 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. (more…)

[nwpoetariel]

Day 9 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 6/30 poem

Day 9 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 6/30 poem #PacNWpoet #poetry #poet #poetryprompt #writingprompt #amwriting #poem #NaNoWriMo #NovPAD #NaNoWriMo2018 #NovPAD2018 #PADChallenge

Day 9 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. (more…)

[nwpoetariel]

Day 8 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 8/30 poem

Day 8 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 8/30 poem #PacNWpoet #poetry #poet #poetryprompt #writingprompt #amwriting #poem #NaNoWriMo #NovPAD #NaNoWriMo2018 #NovPAD2018 #PADChallenge

Day 8 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. (more…)

[nwpoetariel]

Day 7 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 5/30 poem

Day 7 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 5/30 poem #PacNWpoet #poetry #poet #poetryprompt #writingprompt #amwriting #poem #NaNoWriMo #NovPAD #NaNoWriMo2018 #NovPAD2018 #PADChallenge

Day 7 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. And … day after midterms. (more…)

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Day 6 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 6 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 6 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD challenges…. and I’m running late. I usually post THEN sleep; last night I had to first sleep. (more…)