National Poetry Month begins!

Here's the list of those joining me in trying to write a poem a day for the month of April:

1. Joanne Limburg, Cambridge, UK

2. Jennifer Clarvoe, US

3. Aisling Tempany, Cardiff

4. Daniel Luff, Bath

5. Claire Lerpinière, near Bath

6. Natalia Spencer, Bristol

7. Jennifer K. Dick, Mulhouse, France

8. Reiss McGuinness, Bath and Sheffield

9. Kit Fryatt, Dublin

10. Cat Conway, London

11. Barbara Marsh, Hackney

12. Marthe Reed, Lafayette, Louisiana

13. James "J.P." Pavett, Bath, Somerset and Ferndown, Dorset

14. Katy Wilson, Bath

15. Alex Clere, Bath and Tamworth

16. Isobel Armstrong, Southampton

17. Jenny Martin, Great Bookham, Surrey

18. Kathryn Simmonds, London

19. John Wheway, Bath

20. Kristina Close, Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham

21. Tom Weir, Leeds

22. Kenny Campbell, St Andrews

23. Samantha Boarer, Bath and Newton Abbot

24. Matt Haw, Bath
25. Abigail Maskill, Halifax and Bath
26. Laura Hill, Borehamwood and Bath
27. Katherine Frost, Folkestone and Bath

28. Connie Voisine, Belfast, Ireland

29. Frank Dullaghan, Dubai, UAE

30. Dikra Ridha, Bath

31. Libby Walkup, Chicago

32. Jack Tinmouth, Whitchurch, Bristol

33. Simon McCormack, Bournemouth

34. Ginny Wiehardt, Brooklyn, NY

35. Éireann Lorsung, Nottinghamshire

36. Charlotte Owen, Bath

37. Emily Maycock, Newton St Loe

38. Laura Burns, Bristol

39. Mark Olival-Bartley, Munich, Germany

40. Simon Williams, South Devon, UK

41. Peter Daniels, London

42. Sarah Rudston, Bath

43. Zoe Howarth-Lowe, Bath

44. Rob A. Mackenzie, Edinburgh

45. Violet Echo Dahl, Bath and Oxford

46. Lindsey Holland

47. Graham Burchell, Dawlish

48. Sharon Larkin, Cheltenham

49. Bob Walton, Bristol

50. Diana Gittins, Exeter

51. Lucy Sixsmith, Bath

52. Lily Kerfoot, Dartmoor and Bath

53. Sarah Lariviere, Paris

54. Nathan Say, Las Vegas

55. Jason Mark Curley, London

56. Hazel Hammond, Bristol

57. Valeria Melchioretto, London

58. Susan Taylor, Dartmoor, Devon

59. Sarah Law, London

60. Melissa Studdard, Houston, Texas

61. Eileen Moeller, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

62. Kit Kennedy, San Francisco, California

63. Joan Mazza, Mineral, Virginia

64. Marie Dullaghan, Dubai, UAE and Essex, UK

65. Charlotte Owen, Bath and Bradford, Yorkshire

66. Michelle Boisseau, Virginia, Ohio, and Kansas City, Missouri

67. Ben Hall, Bath

68. Scott Lutz, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

69. Louise Stephens Alexander, Edinburgh

70. Kimberly Campanello, Dublin

71. Siobhán Campbell, Washington, D.C.

72. Linda Black, London

I'll post a message asking 4-5 days asking how people are progressing, how the process is affecting the creative process, etc., and I'd be grateful for your responses.