Goodbye Slice of Life March Challenge…hello National Poetry Month Poem-a-Day Challenge!
This NPM, I will be writing acrostic poems using words from the Banned Words List at the Pen America Website.
It’s up to us to keep the truth in American history, and in science. It’s up to us to keep reading, thinking, and being as gloriously weird as possible. We must push back against the urge to obey in advance and we must defend our institutions. We must not let someone else dictate the language we choose to tell our stories, name our cultures and landmarks, and prevent us from telling all kinds of truths. I’ll do my small part by keeping some of the “banned” words in circulation by using them to write acrostic poems.
Daily poems will be found at Poetrepository, but I’ll round them up here at A(nother) Year of Reading on Fridays. Join me if you’d like!
A(nother) Year of Reading 
This is the best approach to NPM! Creative and resistant!!! Go, Mary Lee!!!
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I admire how you have approached your NPM project. Can’t wait to see what amazing poems you create.
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Yes, Mary Lee, I’m glad you went with the acrostic plan, and choosing words from this list. Perfect. I wrote an acrostic recently after the ridiculous March 27th American history executive order on “Whitewashing History”. Keep it up. I’m going to be interested in following along on Fridays, for sure.
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What a delightful project. I’ll be popping by occasionally to see what good trouble you’re making.
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