Sunday, March 31, 2019

National Poetry Month 2019

Dear Readers,

Welcome (back)!

For the tenth year running - to celebrate the arbitrary designation of "National Poetry Month" - I will be writing and posting a poem here every day for the next thirty days.

Shout out, as always, to the prolific Jon Berger who helped inspire this project.


The rules:

- I have compiled a list of 54 prompts, each assigned to a different playing card


- Every day I will draw a card to select a prompt


- Based on that prompt I will write a poem that contains 280 or less characters


- By the end of the day I post it here


The complete list is below:



2cSandy Hook Truthers
2dTwo and a Half Men
2hThe Myth of Sisyphus
2sThe Myth of Entitlement Reform
3cThree Buck Chuck
3dThe Pythagorean Theorem
3hThe Angel Number
3sThe Tripartite Soul
4cSpirit Guides
4dSpirit Fingers
4hHeartland
4sMondo Kim’s Video and Music
5cDying Breeds
5dArtifice
5hHarmonicas
5sTofu Cream Cheese
6cClam Jerky
6dTV Repairmen
6hStatue at Lee Circle
6sThe Sandwich Question
7cBedford-Stuyvesant
7dFriends With Benefits
7hTombstones
7sPack Animals
8cSubway Riders
8dTaxi Drivers
8hWater Wings (TM)
8sAbandoned Names
9cChristmas Ornaments
9dHanukkah Gelt
9hEaster Eggs
9sNew Years Regrets
10cThe Fall of Communism
10dThe Fall of Capitalism
10hThe Fall of the Monarchy
10sThe Fall of Your Scene
JcBodhisattvas
JdSudden Death
JhDylan Going Electric
JsTwo-Spirits
QcSworn Virgins
QdCam Girls
QhNew Mothers
Qs“The Divorce Capital of the World”
KcBurger King (Revisited)
KdThin Elvis
KhZach Adler, 2005
KsNever-Kings
AcSmall Victories
AdThe Greater Good
AhHelium
AsImpermanence
Green JokerThe Analog World
Black JokerThe Digital Word


Thanks to all of you friends and bots who have read over the last decade.

Poem #290 will be posted here sometime tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy the remaining hours of National Hexagonal Awareness Month(?)

- Z

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