NaPoWriMo 2026 Intro

NaPoWriMo graphic by Maureen Thorson.

 

For those of you coming to this blog via the NaPoWriMo website, here's a little about me. 

I've been a poet online for over thirty years years. I've been taking part in the annual poem-a-day event for almost as long. When I primarily call it NaMoWriMo and not GloPoWriMo, it's only because it's what I've known it to be for so long. Well, that and I have over two decades worth of labels on this blog to sort things out. No offense to my fellow poets around the globe. Maybe I'll go back and add the tags. 

For the challenge, my poems are often written in a sparse style similar to the work found in my first book, Patron Emeritus, which I'll plug to give props to my non-Amazon using publisher. If you want to know about my more recent books and publication credits, check out my main website.

For nearly twenty years, I've hosted Stone Soup Poetry, a weekly gathering that now meets online. If you're interested, you should join us (and let you know you heard about us via the NaPoWriMo link). 

I have a Patreon page you can join for cash or for free. I'll be trying to update that. I also have weekly poems like my American Haiku on Wednesdays and my (currently on hiatus) Stone Soup Croutons series on Fridays. I also do the occasional City Haiku and Practice Haiku and other odds and ends. 

None of those will count towards the 30/30. If you don't see a NaPo/GloPo banner, they don't count. 

Not a flex. Just a standard I like to put on myself for April.

This is my annual marathon run, and I intend to get through it despite whatever setbacks I have.

There will also be links to Oddball Magazine, a literary zine I help to edit and publish. I hope you  consider sending your work over. Topical poetry is especially wanted in these times.

I also host a private Stone Soup Poetry group if you're interested in posting there to a small but devoted audience.

I'm always posting here, so I hope you come back here even after the April challenge is completed.

Good luck. Try not to break the Emergency Haiku Glass on the first day. Unless you're contrarian or love haikus. My standards are not yours.