4/16, Links We Like: In Haiku Form
Seven days a week,
Searching through all of the links.
You should click on these.
Happy #NationalPoetryMonth. 📝
We could give you a summary, but we’ll lead you in with this excerpt:
“When I’m writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we’re capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I’m trying for that. But I’m also trying for the language. I’m trying to see how it can really sound. I really love language. I love it for what it does for us, how it allows us to explain the pain and the glory, the nuances and the delicacies of our existence. And then it allows us to laugh, allows us to show wit. Real wit is shown in language. We need language.”
2. 24 Romantic and heartbreaking quotes from Pablo Neruda
Feel inspired, uplifted…and then heartbroken by these poetic musings from Pablo Neruda. And this one is in season:
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.”
3. 30 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month
Here’s a list of ways that you can celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth and share the words that inspire you. ❤
(Or you can read these tips in the form of poems.)
4. Celebrate with poetry near you…
Attend a reading or participate in a writing group in your neck of the woods. If you write a poem or find a new favorite, share it with us in the comments or on Twitter @KickstarterTips.
5. Bot or not?
Test your knowledge of poetry (and bots) by guessing the authors behind these poems.
6. A web of poetic proportions
Plug in the name of your favorite poet and find some more that you might like. Or start here.
To everyone out there that’s ever written a love poem, struggled with the lines of a haiku, or memorized any of Shakespeare’s sonnets….remember that feeling of awe and inspiration that came over you during those moments. We hope that you’re able to channel that into something incredible during #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.
