I'm linking to a post by a friend of mine today. She posted a freewriting prompt for NaPoWriMo:

WildViolet.net - Freewrite

Another poetry challenge taking place this month is NaPoWriMo, NaNoWriMo's lyric little sister. I'm more familiar with PAD, but here are some other resources I found while poking around for National Poetry Month:

NaPoWriMo 2014 Wordpress

Facebook

It's National Poetry Month, and one way to celebrate is by participating in the Poem-A-Day Challenge at Writer's Digest. I tried it and Camp NaNoWriMo together last year and didn't last very long with PAD, so I'm going to focus on poetry this year and hopefully read and write at least one poem each day.

2014 April PAD Challenge: Guidelines

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I have not read this yet, so I hope it's good! I just got in, very late, and am posting this to read later. I figured I would share with you & continue trying to post daily!

Daryl Farmer: To Write Good Prose, Learn To Love Poetry

Share a poem!

Sorry about falling off the wagon so horribly. I knew that would happen. Having 2 jobs is just whooping my butt. I need posting help! I'm going to try to buckle down for April being National Poetry Month though.

"Goodnight Moon author's poetry turned into book 65 years later"

A fairly short but powerful article:

The Secret Lives of Afghanistan’s Female Poets

Very sorry to have dropped the ball so completely! I've been dealing with some unexpected personal issues this past week, and I've not had time for much internet at all, let alone researching posts. I'll try to stay on the ball more now. No empty promises, but I'll at least try. I will try to go through all of my old poetry alerts and find ( Read more... )

The Japanese tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line. A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, tanka translates as "short song," and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form.

From Poetic Form: Tanka

See also:

Wiki

Tanka resources at AhaPoetry.com

Ode on Wiki

Poets.org

Are there any odes you particularly like? Feel free to share examples in the comments.