National Poetry Month

     We are halfway through National Poetry month.  What a great thing to celebrate.  I was reading about how poets usually can't make a living from writing poetry.  They usually have to find other ways to support themselves.  These days members of quite a few professions need to find other ways to support themselves.  I would love to be able to write short stories and poetry for the ten hours I spend on my day job, but it isn't likely that I ever will.  I would love to have time to work on a novel. I am a little afraid to start anything new, because I have so much going on that I'm having a hard time keeping up with myself already.  I am working on the Friendship Quilt and that will take a long time, because I only have so much time to work on it.  I feel like poetry and short stories are where my mind is right now.  While they do take effort and revision and time to age, I feel that they aren't as daunting as the thought of writing a full on novel.  I might not have the attention span for such a large undertaking, at least not right now.  I am leaning toward writing some combination of poetry and short stories for the each of the quilters and tying it all together with the quilt.  Without having a direct line to the actual events at the time of the making of the quilt, it would be nearly impossible to write anything truthful about the group as a whole.  I haven't given up on the search, but all the information I have received so far has included "I had not heard of the quilt until I read your article/I got your letter etc."
     So the search is still on for a living member of the quilting group so I can get the full scoop.  I am still excited about the project and have already started writing a few tidbits and have a good first draft of a poem down on paper.
     Next week is Holy Week, so I will be busy at church.  I may not get a whole lot of writing done, but I'll try to fit some in here and there.  Get out there and read some poetry for National Poetry Month.   I hear that Shel Silverstein has a new book of poetry out called "Every Thing On It."  I can't wait to read it.