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I'm still trying to find my writing groove. I don't think I'm ready for NaNoWriMo this year, but I might be ready for a "PoChapWriMo."
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November PAD Chapbook Challenge - NaNoWriMo for Poets
NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. This is the month where writers attempt to write 50,000 or more words towards a novel. I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo many years (and sadly failed each time), and I will participate again next year. Many of the writers here participate, and will participate again this year. Check out which WDC authors are participating in NaNo here: http://www.writing.com/main/authors/action/nano
Wait! You say. I am a dedicated poet. I might try that NaNo thing one day. For now, for me, the poem is the thing.
Well, you're in luck. Your dedicated friend and Poetry editor, Red Writing Hood, has discovered the November PAD (Poem a Day) Chapbook Challenge.
Wait! Again, you say. Isn't the PAD an April (poetry month) thing? And I respond: Yes, but shouldn't PAD be every month? Wouldn't that be lovely? But I digress.
Writer's Digest editor, Robert Lee Brewer hosts the challenge on his blog, "Poetic Asides." He posts a new prompt for each day of November and also shares his attempt at the prompt as an example. Anyone from any country may participate. You are given time to edit and then submit twenty pages of poetry, and he selects a winning manuscript out of all the submissions for all to share their accolades to the author.
Rules for the challenge can be found here: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/2011-november-pad-chapbo...
Get over there and get poeming! I'd love to see a Writing.com poet be declared the winner this year  If you participate in the challenge, please select and share your favorite prompt and poem to the newsletter. Make sure you say: November 2011 PAD Chapbook Challenge Favorite somewhere when you submit your poem to the newsletter so that I can find them. Also, share some of your thoughts about the challenge.
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Comments on last month's newsletter:
By: Doug Rainbow 
Comment: I wrote a short story entitled "Genesis of the Raven." True? They're all true, and none of them are true.
By: monty31802
Comment: Super reading in this Newsletter Red. Thank you.
By: intowhite
Item to share: "Invalid Item"
Comment: My grammar and such are obvious downfalls.
By: BIG BAD WOLF is Howling 
Item to share: "Killing Time at the Mall" [13+]
Comment: My favorite scary poem is one of my own.
By: jansand
Comment:
NIGHTMARE
Gargoyles from the sea come in
And drift the streets at night.
With iron claws and dripping jaws
And eyes all milky white,
Their freezing breath
Is plain pure death
Committed in low moans
To terrify and petrify
Down to the blood and bones.
Their shadows fall on walk and wall.
They sniff for warm red blood
To liquify and purify
Their veins, which run with mud
All full of worms and stinking germs
Mixed with pus and piss
Which make the gargoyles itch and twitch.
They breathe in rasping hiss.
Into the cellar windows crawl
Or lie flat on the lawn,
Waiting with their white spark eyes
Until the gray of dawn.
Then, slowly, dribble back again
To depths beneath the waves
To wait the rise of night and dark
In murky deep sea caves.
Jan Sand
By: bertiebrite hoping for peace
Comment: Excellent choices. You are a connoiseur of fine poetry. You have filled my cup. Thank you
By: kirathekiller
Comment: We read that Robert Browning piece in my college-prep english class last year, and I still love it! That guy is just crazy :)
Thank you all for your great comments, and for sharing your favorite spooky poetry!
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