Napowrimo

Day 23: RWP suggests combining a speaker and event that normally don't go together. This may have been an obvious idea but I had fun with it(:

Napowrimo

Feeling dull around the edges, listless, uninspired? Have you run out of ways to describe your lover’s eyes? Do the stars just look like white dots in the sky? Do you see a hummingbird without even thinking about starting a haiku? As we get older, the stresses of too many Powerpoint presentations, e-mails, bills, minutes on hold, and unspoken words can radically reduce our levels of childlike wonder and imagination, increasing our risk for excessive literalness, old fogie-ness, fakeness, and even soullessness.

Now there’s Napowrimo, which has been proven in clinical trials to provide a sense of purpose, stimulate creativity glands, and dramatically increase levels of accomplishment. Napowrimo works by sending concentrated doses of alliteration, rhyme, and rhythm to the metaphorbellum, the part of our brains that makes things interesting. Just one dose a day for one month a year is all you need for tigers to Twitter and dragons to exhale clouds.

Check with your doctor before trying Napowrimo if your willpower is weak, you have poor internet access, are on vacation or are planning to go on vacation. Napowrimo is not for everyone. Do not use Napowrimo if you have never come to two roads diverging in a wood or are unmoved by the thought of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas.

In rare cases, serious allergic reactions have occurred. If you break out in hives or have trouble breathing while on Napowrimo, immediately step away from the keyboard and divert your mind by channel-surfing, working on a sudoku, or updating your status on Facebook.

Side effects include unwashed dishes, missing morning staff meetings, forgetting to eat lunch, listening to more rap music, unwatched YouTube videos, drowsiness, smiling for no apparent reason, and extended periods of self-indulgence. Alcohol may increase the potency of Napowrimo. If you experience a poetry-writing session lasting four hours or longer, seek medical assistance immediately or risk permanent damage to your ability to return to the ordinary.

Even if your outlook has improved, do not stop using Napowrimo until you’ve completed the entire course.

Remember it’s not too late to seek a newer world. Ask your doctor about Napowrimo today and see the world through saffron-scented, reverberating tendrils of unflinching fierceness.

Caution: Napowrimo can be habit-forming.