More Local Odes

We’re coming up on the one-year anniversary of when I wrote a poem every day in April to help raise money for Tupelo Press. I wrote about it here.

I’ve been slow about finishing the odes for some of the local businesses who were nice enough to host my poetry pop-up shop. It’s very much connected to how much interaction I got–on the days when people just kind of smiled nicely and didn’t stop to talk or donate or buy some coasters, I was able to write the ode while I was on site.

But several places people were super interested and talkative, and it was harder to get anything much written. That was good though!

But as always, it’s hard for me to avoid procrastinating. And then when I did sit down to write, I put all kinds of pressure on myself to write A REALLY GOOD ODE.

In any case, I’m getting them done. Here’s one I wrote for The Slowpoke Lounge in Spring Green.

Since it took me so long to finish it, I decided I should make a fabric collage/poetry frame (which was one of my giveaways for people who donated at a certain level last spring). I’d recently organized my fabric stash, so was very glad to find these pieces to use.

More of last spring’s odes and new ones coming soon.

Should I do it again this April? Have pop-up shops & write local odes as thanks for my hosts?