urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:evieshockley words intended as poetry evieshockley evieshockley 2008-07-06T22:50:36Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:evieshockley:8556 april and poetry (redux) 2008-05-08T04:48:28Z 2008-07-06T22:50:36Z What a great experiment last month's poem-a-day challenge was!&nbsp; And so much fun, even when it was hard as hell!&nbsp; : )&nbsp; Here's one last <i>thank you</i> to everyone who dropped in over the course of the month, especially those whose comments (and daily poems posted elsewhere) kept me fired up and inspired.&nbsp; I'm already looking forward to next year . . . <br /><br />So tune in here on April 1, 2009 -- if all goes well, you will find the first poem of a new batch of thirty!<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br /><br />[Update: Meanwhile, I'm now blogging irregularly, on subjects literary and otherwise, at <a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/evie-shockley">my author page</a> on the Red Room website.] urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:evieshockley:717 april and poetry 2008-04-01T00:08:23Z 2008-04-01T00:17:59Z <img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/English/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/English/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/English/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-3.jpg" alt="" />Okay.&nbsp; A poem a day.&nbsp; I'm going to try this!&nbsp; But, please, no guilters!&nbsp; I'm not a purist.&nbsp; : )<br /><br />The drafts will go up each day and come down when the next draft goes up -- because they're <i>drafts</i>.&nbsp; Who wants a draft poem out there on the web forever???<br /><br />Wish me luck --<br /><br />Peace.