NaPoWriMo

It is National Poetry Month. It is also National Poetry Writing Month, abbreviated as in the title, and which will eventually be shortened to NPWM.

The goal of NMP is to promote poetry. You have enjoyed poetry, whether or not you realize it. For instance, think of any Dr. Seuss book. Tada! You remember it! Our brains remember rhythms and songs differently than we remember prose and conversation.

I digress here: That we remember rhythm and song differently makes me wonder if Alzheimer's patients could somehow remember what they loved better if we made those people, activities, memories, into song. I choose to give that a shot with a dear gentleman that I know.

The musical "Cats" is being performed here in Boise now. It's inspiration comes from t.s. eliot's "The Naming of Cats." See, sometimes poems are a lot of fun!

Enjoy.