“The month and its practice now closing:
One last set of lines here composing;
The April routine,
As the poems convene,
Yielding busy month’s moments engrossing.”
The 30 April 2024 Twitter limerick marks the end of NaPoWriMo2024, and we have reached the last week of spring semester classes here.
“The month and its practice now closing: /
One last set of lines here composing…”
Reaching this landmark each spring always means a shorter translation essay than the last few, since it’s a fairly transparent topic! April 30 marks the end of National Poetry Writing Month, so this limerick was the last in 2024.
(It is also my last Twitter post entirely; I shifted to Bluesky as of December and have been working towards this month’s routine in that new location.)
“The April routine, /
As the poems convene, /
Yielding busy month’s moments engrossing.”
2019 was my first year in completing this April routine. I have learned a great deal in continuing the practice over the last several years: it has provided good chances to finally resolve vocabulary questions I always wondered about; to finally learn the stories of the scientists whose insights formed the substance of the textbooks I’d used for years.
April also lines up with a particularly stressful time of the school year, so that I welcome any “moments engrossing” that can be distinct from year-ending responsibilities and tasks.
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Along those lines, as in previous years: while I look forward to writing some summer essays, I will take a break here for a few weeks, to celebrate the end of another busy spring semester.
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