Participate in the Aloha Project!

Many of you have wondered how you can participate in the Aloha Project's celebration of National Poetry Month. Here are some ideas:

--Read a poem. To yourself, to the commuters on the subway, to the eaters at Subway, to birds in the park. For sources of poetry, see your local library, bookstore, the results for "poetry" from your favorite search engine, or bathroom wall graffiti.

--Write a poem. It doesn't have to be short or long or good; you don't even have to show it to anybody. You could even collaborate with a comrade. Or friend.

--Send a postcard. The standards are pretty low: a postcard with a poem. I've been drawing or painting or gluing my postcards and writing my own poems, but you can even use a postcard from your favorite destination and pair it up with a poem from your favorite poet--just make sure you credit any writers.
You can send it to the Aloha Project (the address: 3550 N River Rd, Freeland, MI 48623) and we'll post it on the blog, or you can send it to a friend.

--Invite friends to visit the Aloha Project blog. Invite artists, nose-pickers, poets, people you meet in bars, and anyone who has ever laughed at a funeral or cried at Chuck E. Cheese--especially if both were done in the same three minutes.

--Bake a cake. Yum.

--Enter the Aloha Project contest. Still accepting entries! And competition is fierce like Daniel's lions' den. See previous entries for details.

--Attend an open mic or public reading. A lot of colleges are hosting their own Poetry Month festivities, so keep your ears open. Also, watch for libraries, bookstores, and cafes that have open mic nights or guest readers. It might be fun to go to an open mic night for sixth to eighth graders, and snap your fingers after each poem.

--Suggest other ways to participate. I probably forgot many ways. So comment and share how you celebrate National Poetry Month.