30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month
- Read a poem.
- Contemplate a rock.
- Buy a book.
- Write a limerick.
- Sing in traffic.
- Send someone a poem.
- Say “yes” to every proposition for one whole day.
- Say “no” to every proposition for one whole day.
- Talk to an animal.
- Dance.
- Read a poem to a child.
- Watch ants.
- Have an orgasm.
- Light candles.
- Stand outside, close your eyes, and listen for five minutes.
- Take a poet to lunch.
- Get your hands dirty.
- Take a moonbath.
- Bake bread or make a pie.
- Lunge at something.
- Memorize a poem.
- Make a heartfelt toast.
- Copy this list and pass it along.
- Put a flower on your desk.
- Take a long walk alone.
- Read or recite a poem to a co-worker.
- Tell a lie.
- Get acquainted with the night.
- Sit in or against a tree and write a letter.
- Choose two things from this list and do them again.