Hey, can you believe it? National Poetry Month IS IN 4 DAYS NOW! I’ve already started stalking the NaPoWriMo web site. And I am ready to tackle the prompts. In addition, I’ve just submitted my first pamphlet/chap book to a contest and I’d like to do something special for everyone who comes to my site, whose poetry I read, and who takes the time to read my poems (sometimes through their fingers, I’m sure).

Open Mic

Yes, inspired by Rose at https://poetrummager.wordpress.com/ (but not officially endorsed by her), I’d like to do some audio recordings of my poems. And I’d like you to join in. During the month of April, record yourself reading one of your own poems (it has to be yours so I don’t go to jail). Post it to your site, and add the link in the comments below, do a pingback, both.

And before any of you say you can’t, or you don’t like how you sound, let me just say that I am pledging to do at least two poems, and I hate the sound of my own voice so much that when I hear myself recorded, I turn into The Hulk and beat myself senseless.

So let’s all push boundaries, read and listen to each, and embarrass the hell out of ourselves. And if you can’t be embarrassed, great–I’ll get some rye and Swiss to go with all the ham.

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OPEN MIC

Simple steps.

1. Record yourself reading one of your own works.
2. Post it on your site.
3. Include a link to this post in your post.
4. Comment below or send me a message using the contact form (I might see the pingback from your post).
5. I will post a link with your name and  poem title RIGHT HERE.
6. You’ve got all month.
7. It’s an open mic invitation. NOT a challenge.

Remember, just pop your link in the comments or email it to me using the contact form and I’ll add it to the post.

Ok, as the host, I am going first. If you didn’t see it already, here is the link:

Crow Reading 20160406
https://wordsandfeathers.com/2016/04/06/reading-20160406/

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Poet Rummager Celestial Stars
https://poetrummager.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/celestial-stars/

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Elusive Trope Zeitgeist
https://elusivetrope.com/2016/04/12/zeitgeist/

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Crow let us go 20160428
https://wordsandfeathers.com/2016/04/28/let-us-go-reading-20160428/