And thus, we wrap up International Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month with poem 30 out of 30!

Looking back, I think I must’ve been nuts to set off on something like this, but I’m glad I did. Heck, 30 poems…that’s 1/5 of a book! Maybe I’ll see if I can’t make a little mini-zine out of them?

Thanks again to everyone who spread the link love and tried their own poems. Y’all are awesome.

Here’s a list of all 30:

1. POETRY CAN BE BORN
2. THE BEAUTY OF EARLY WORKS
3. DASHED HOPES
4. HERE THERE BE DRAGONS
5. WHAT SOUNDS SIMPLE
6. HOW WE KEPT BUSY
7. HISTORY DITCH
8. CATASTROPHE INTO NOTHING
9. LONG-DISTANCE
10. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
11. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THEIR MUSIC
12. THE FACE OF THE EARTH
13. LET’S PRETEND
14. IN THE SUBURBS
15. JUST A MATTER OF TIME
16. KNOWING THE CHANCES
17. CLOSE THE SHOP
18. IN AND OUT OF DIRT!
19. OFFING
20. ME AND MY BIG MOUTH
21. WINE CAN HELP THE PARTY
22. SUITLAND
23. PIGGY-BACK
24. A SPECULATIVE SCHOOL
25. THE RIGHT TO DECLINE
26. INVOCATION
27. THE DATE
28. THE CALL CENTER
29. HOW TO BE POPULAR
30. RATHER THAN REPAIR

If you want to browse all 30 poems, you can use this link:

http://www.austinkleon.com/tag/international-newspaper-blackout-poetry-month-2009/

I’m taking a break for the month of May. Might have some new ones in June.