November Poem-A-Day Game Plan

As I prepare to dive into this month of poetic adventure, I still have to be conscious that regular life continues. That was my main issue last year when I fell off - overestimating my available writing time. This year, I am going to concentrate on quality by investing a proper segment of my day to the poem. I operate much better in the morning.

Here's a list of things I can still to do create some more poetry time before November comes:

1. Inform family members 
2. Write research paper(s)
3. Write November assignment for Writing Group
4. Prepare education workshop for Writing Group
5. Create blog template for poem posts

That reminds me! I will be posting a poem here each day. Feel free to leave comments because I will really need your recommendations when it comes time to put the chapbook manuscript together. Also, if you recieve these posts by email, and you don't want to get 30+ posts in your inbox next month, let me know so I can modify the list.

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Free Admission Thursday

There's no cover charge here: this is a place of honesty and full disclosure.

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I was browsing at the library with my boyfriend last month and between whispers and giggles in the love and dating section, we encountered a book titled "I LoVe YOu, LeT's MeEt: Adventures in Online Dating" and out popped this note (transcribed below):

Hi You,

Hi, if you are reading this I guess you found the book. You really know how to use the Dewey Decimal Catalog. I hope you are doing good.  It really amazes me how we have kept this friendship going. Its been years since we've seen each other but we still manage to be in touch. It's strange how close we live but how far away we seem. But it is great what we have!!

I hope this little adventure brought a smile to your face.  I always loved to see your smile, I miss your laugh. 

Anyways have a great whatever when you find this!! 

xoxoxox 

P.S. If someone else has checked this book out can you please leave this note, thanks.

I admit this was the most romantic thing I had seen in a long time.

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I admit that I am anxious about the anthology for this year. My writing group publishes a collection every year and this year I formatted the whole thing. I looked at the proof this week and made some corrections and concessions but I just want to have it in my hand!

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There are four days till the November Poem-A-Day Challenge. I am so ready. I've been tempted by my online NaNoWriMo buddies from last year but I will not waver. I am inspired by Cara's thematic playlist for her November novel. The songs are all heavy with story and that's what I am aiming for in my poems this year.

Free Admission Thursday

There's no cover charge here: this is a place of honesty and full disclosure.

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I admit that I am excited for my writing friends who are now attending the Florida Writers Conference in Orlando. A pinch of jealousy, maybe, but I am seriously considering it as an option for next year. I surely hope  by then I will be ready...whatever that means.

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I admit to being conscious of my own shortcomings making them shorter. I wrote a haphazard story today for critique and in trying to keep it brief I played into my usual faults: fluffy descriptions over clarity, spotty scenes and shoddy transitions. I know this is classic Maxie, but I am at least motivated to fix it. Thanks for encouraging my madness!

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I dropped my Kindle recently. I am ashamed. Now I have a tiny little blotch in the upper right quadrant of the screen. Most of the time, I don't even see it, but other times...I can't see anything else. I have a case; it wasn't being used during the accident.

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I admit that I am counting down to November. See below!

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Poetry in Unexpected Places

The Houston Texans' star running back, Arian Foster, is also a poet. This NFL Films video profiles his approach to the game of football, how writing helps him to refocus and how poetry - in words and in his running style - tells the story of his life.

Arian Foster: Poetry in Motion

Photo Credit: TexansChick

Free Admission Thursday

This is the first edition of a weekly spill session. Based on the "Confession Tuesday" concept I'm borrowing from both Poet Mom and Book of Kells, Free Admission Thursday is a place of honesty and full disclosure - like the chapters of a Tell-All.


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I admit that it has been 28 days since I wrote a poem. Lately it has been a relief to write something other than a research paper. One of my classes is "Business Writing," so I should have expected that this semester.

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I admit that although I live about 15 miles from the beach, last Wednesday was my first trip back since summer 2 years ago. The ocean recharges me. Perhaps because it is so refreshing, powerful, and I don't have to pay to get in.

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I admit that I was nervous about doing the November Poem A Day Challenge this year but I am over the jitters. I'm doing it. It will be a little more difficult than last year because I have a full workload at school, but I feel confident. I need this challenge to erase my NaNoEdMo and Story A Day failures from earlier this year. Now to get my friends (talking to you, Jim) to join in with me! More details on that in another post.

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I admit to cooking while blogging. As I was throwing what I thought was spaghetti into the pot, trying to multitask, I discovered blogger's predictive typing feature. It will take some getting used to. After three hunger driven taste tests I realized I was actually cooking linguine.

There you have it: the first cut of F.A.T. (tee hee!)

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