We made it to Day 27 of National Poetry Month and NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month).
Here’s inspiration from the revolutionary Gil Scott-Heron:
Today’s Quote
“A good poet feels what his community feels.”
Gil Scott-Heron
“Where Did The Night Go” by Gil-Scott Heron
You’ll know his name from the well-known “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” I’m in love with the more recent “Where Did The Night Go.” I see it as the future place where poetry must dare to go…visionary, going beyond the text, beyond spoken word, beyond singing–just, poetry.
Books by Gil Scot-Heron
Poem A Day
the Typewriter Poetry edition
All of April, we’re sharing Typewriter Poetry made by poets around the world for National Poetry Month. If you’d like to be featured, submit your typewritten poem-a-day by tagging #typewriterpoetry & @typewriterpoetry on Instagram.
Day 27, Poem 27
The poem-a-day gallery continues to grow! Take a peak at the Daily Typewriter Poetry post to read featured typewriter poetry.
National Poetry Month Writing Quotes
Here’s a selection of all the #NaPoWriMo inspirational writing quotes.
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Yukio Mishima
“Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.”
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Audre Lorde
“When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.”
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Oscar Wilde
“He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize.”
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Leonard Cohen
“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”
Support Typewriter Poetry
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Purchase your Amazon books through Typewriter Poetry
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Donate to Tupelo Press
For 2016’s #NationalPoetryMonth, I’m fundraising on behalf of Tupelo Press, a small literary publisher. Tupelo’s 30/30 Project is an all-year monthly round of writing a poem a day. Check out their website. You can read the collection of poetry I volunteered to write for the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project. I also encourage you to donate in my name to Tupelo Press. 100% of proceeds go to their literary press, it’s tax-deductible, and you’ll be a patron of the arts!
suck myself out the heart i give it back
Enjoying the work I’ve been steadily producing for National Poetry Month? It’s for my upcoming art book, suck myself out the heart i give it back. You can watch my artistic process unfold at blog.billimarie.com.
More from my site
Day 18: Inspiration From Jean Cocteau (National Poetry Month)
Day 15: Inspiration from W. Somerset Maugham (National Poetry Month)
Day 13: Inspiration from Sylvia Plath (Typewriter Poetry’s National Poetry Month)
Day 20: Inspiration from Adrienne Rich (National Poetry Month)
Day 25: Inspiration from Amiri Baraka (National Poetry Month)
Day 26: Inspiration from Leonard Cohen (National Poetry Month)