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as the final post for the Blogging A to Z Challenge April 2012, the hosts of the challenge have asked participants to write a post reflecting upon the challenge. the A to Z Challenge coincided with National Poetry Month, so i set out to combine the two with a “featured poet series” { i began the series during National Poetry Month April 2011. } click HERE to see all of the featured poets. primarily due to problems with my laptop, i started off late { it is recommended that as many posts as possible are completed in advance } and seemed to be constantly scrambling the entire month. i did not accomplish what i wanted to, but i did succeed in posting every day in April.
many amazing poets were featured. i asked a little over sixty { yes, 60! } poets to allow me to feature them with a short introduction/bio and a few of their poems which linked back to their blogs. i was humbled and overwhelmed with the response! only three poets did not respond, and every one of the others said yes! thank you all! there are still 27 poets to be featured. i have been taking care of my grandchildren since April 26th and have not been able to do much in the way of any blog posts this month. please come back though ~ beginning May 15th at the latest, the rest of the featured poet posts will be going up.
in addition to the featured poets posts, i incorporated a few miscellaneous posts into the A to Z Challenge. my favorite of those are the ones about poetry { poetry form HERE } { classical poetry HERE and HERE } and quotes; wonderful poetry prompt sites and useful websites for poets, writers and bloggers. along the way, we celebrated National Poetry Month { every April }, “put a poem in your pocket day“ { an annual event sponsored by POETS.ORG } and Earth Day. i wrote very little new poetry but did re-post a lot of my old poems, some of which i revised.
i hope that you enjoyed my A to Z Challenge posts. i am so very appreciative of the amazing response ~ 2, 184 views in the month of April, bringing my heart’s love songs total views to over 40,000! i am stunned!!! thank you! see you next year. {smile}
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{very cute animation}
“Good Day Sunshine” The Beatles
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this is my submission to ~
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Congrats on completing A to Z!
Precious Monsters
thank you for your visit! ♥
Nice conclusion to a wonderful month! You can be so proud.
i really appreciate your support and encouragement, Mary! ♥ you’re a sweetheart!
Oh, so you’re one of those “over achievers” I joked about in my reflections post who participated in more than one challenge! My hat’s off to you. :)
{giggle} it really wasn’t “extra” work, but a way to organize everything. thank you for your visit! ♥
i tried one of those April challenges once and only once. I quit about twenty days in. Never quit quitting, that’s my motto! I do admire your dedication though, my Sista Poet, and enjoyed the posts. And that Beatles song is one of my favorites!
thank you, Sista! ♥
Dani… your shine on us all brightens the day
enjoy your grandchildren… create wonderful lasting memories with them
now that is poetry ♥ of the best kind
colour off the page
dance to the music
that fills the day
laughter and love
SHF&E
thank you, my sweet friend! ♥ #SHF&E&E
Congratulation on finishing the challenge. During the challenge I didn’t visit as many blogs as I would like to but, cross my heart, I’m visiting every single one with the reflection post (and I’m almost done)! I am so glad my journey brought me here.
Evalina, This and that…
wow! you’ve managed to visit faaaaar more than i have! thank you so much for stopping by! ♥