Adventures in NaPoWriMo

So.

As is always the case, I've decided to put myself at the mercy of the "One-A-Day" challenge for the month of April. That's right folks:, I am promising that,  starting this Friday, one poem, every day, for the next thirty days, will appear right here on this blog for your reading pleasure.

Now.
We know what this meant last year.

Last year you got 1.5 poems....one of which wasn't written entirely (or even mostly) by me. By the second week I found myself churning out some pretty crappy (even for rough drafts) pseudo-poems in the hopes that I'd stumble upon something to share....which I didn't. And that ultimately meant that I threw myself into a state of random despondence because I was not living up to my word....which I can't afford at the moment.

So. I have counteracted the coming madness by creating....

Milli's Big List of NaPoWriMo Rules

Rule #1: I'm allowed to work on unfinished po-ems. I will be honest when posting something that isn't brand new to April....but you should be able to tell, based on its non-suckiness as compared to the other po-ems written in a day.

Rule #2: I'm allowed the occasional haiku. And I know that there's nothing in the "official" NaPoWriMo "rules" about not doing haiku...and I know that there aren't actually official NaPoWriMo rules...but I would generally consider haiku as being against the spirit of those rules if they existed. But. I'm saying that some haiku are ok. It is also ok to write one haiku as the po-em for the day. None of this WriMo Nazi 8 haiku surrounding the same theme business.

Rule #3: You are not allowed to ask "how are the po-ems coming?" All other comments about how the great the po-ems are...and how much you've been inspired are welcome....but none of this...you're five days behind business. This goes hand in hand with

Rule #4: Let's be serious. My real aim is to counter the Writer's Block i've been contending with for the past forever, and maybe come up with 7 or so complete po-ems...3 or so decent ones. And maybe 1 that can be taken to Southern Fried. And finally,

Rule #5: Above all else, we're going to enjoy words and have some fun. To do this, you should check out other people who are playing. There are some names on the list that I know, many more than I don't... but I'm sure there'll be some great po-ems for us all to read.

Peace Be