Poem of the Month: 30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month

30   Ways  to  Celebrate  National  Poetry  Month

1. Read a poem.
2. Contemplate a rock.
3. Buy a book.
4. Write a limerick.
5. Sing in traffic.
6. Send someone a poem.
7. Say “yes” to every proposition for one whole day.
8. Say “no” to every proposition for one whole day.
9. Talk to an animal.
10. Dance.
11. Read a poem to a child.
12. Watch ants.
13. Have an orgasm.
14. Light candles.
15. Stand outside, close your eyes, and listen for five minutes.
16. Take a poet to lunch.
17. Get your hands dirty.
18. Take a moonbath.
19. Bake bread or make a pie.
20. Lunge at something.
21. Memorize a poem.
22. Make a heartfelt toast.
23. Copy this list and pass it along.
24. Put a flower on your desk.
25. Take a long walk alone.
26. Read or recite a poem to a co-worker.
27. Tell a lie.
28. Get acquainted with the night.
29. Sit in or against a tree and write a letter.
30. Choose two things from this list and do them again.