Welcome to National Poetry Month!

April is not only National Poetry Month, but my birthday month, and this year, because of job interviews (!!) and house business, even crazier than usual. I wish all of you writing a poem-a-day luck. I wrote a poem two days ago for Unexplained Fevers based on one of Deborah Scott’s new paintings that I feel pretty good about, but I’m not attempting the poem-a-day this time around.

I’m also going to do the book giveaway deal, but I just haven’t decided on my second book yet. So many to choose from! So stay tuned…

I’m reading with a large group of Seattle-area poets at Hugo House this Wednesday night to celebrate A Face to Meet the Faces, the persona poetry anthology. Later this month I’ll be teaching a teen class on haiku, haibun and anime (here’s the poster) in Redmond.

What are you doing to celebrate this poetry month? And what are you sending me for my birthday? I could use some down-payment money, hardwood flooring and furniture…:)