{"id":194,"date":"2016-04-20T22:38:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T22:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/?p=194"},"modified":"2016-04-20T22:38:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T22:38:48","slug":"poem-of-the-month-30-ways-to-celebrate-national-poetry-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noellesickels.com\/wp\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Poem of the Month: 30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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30 \u00a0 Ways\u00a0 to\u00a0 Celebrate\u00a0 National\u00a0 Poetry\u00a0 Month<\/p>\n

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  1. Read a poem.<\/li>\n
  2. Contemplate a rock.<\/li>\n
  3. Buy a book.<\/li>\n
  4. Write a limerick.<\/li>\n
  5. Sing in traffic.<\/li>\n
  6. Send someone a poem.<\/li>\n
  7. Say \u201cyes\u201d to every proposition for one whole day.<\/li>\n
  8. Say \u201cno\u201d to every proposition for one whole day.<\/li>\n
  9. Talk to an animal.<\/li>\n
  10. Dance.<\/li>\n
  11. Read a poem to a child.<\/li>\n
  12. Watch ants.<\/li>\n
  13. Have an orgasm.<\/li>\n
  14. Light candles.<\/li>\n
  15. Stand outside, close your eyes, and listen for five minutes.<\/li>\n
  16. Take a poet to lunch.<\/li>\n
  17. Get your hands dirty.<\/li>\n
  18. Take a moonbath.<\/li>\n
  19. Bake bread or make a pie.<\/li>\n
  20. Lunge at something.<\/li>\n
  21. Memorize a poem.<\/li>\n
  22. Make a heartfelt toast.<\/li>\n
  23. Copy this list and pass it along.<\/li>\n
  24. Put a flower on your desk.<\/li>\n
  25. Take a long walk alone.<\/li>\n
  26. Read or recite a poem to a co-worker.<\/li>\n
  27. Tell a lie.<\/li>\n
  28. Get acquainted with the night.<\/li>\n
  29. Sit in or against a tree and write a letter.<\/li>\n
  30. Choose two things from this list and do them again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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