The Miss Rumphius Effect: NPM 2026

Welcome to my National Poetry Month project for 2026, where I am playing with poetry by generating poems in playful ways. Today's poem was generated using an online blackout poem generator. Each day, the text selection changes. The text today is "Ben Holt's Good Name" by Charlotte Grace O'Brien.

There were so many good words in this one. Today's poem is brief and simple.

what a thing

to be

beautiful

like blossoming trees

waving joyfully

to and fro

Well, that's a wrap on another National Poetry Month project. I hope you've enjoyed exploring some fun ways to generate poems this month. I can honestly say that this has been one of the best projects I have ever done, and that's saying something, as I have 18 years of projects under my belt. I have written poems on topics I never would have imagined.

You can find all the poems written this month on the page NPM 2026 - Playing With Poetry. Thanks so much for joining me on this journey. Until next time ...

You can check out previous poems in the links below.

April 1 - Paint Chip Poetry - A Villanelle for Adam and Eve

April 2 - MadLib a Poem - Stamp Collectors Dream

April 3 - Roll-a-Poem - The Brewing Storm

April 4 - Metaphor Dice - Time is an Impossible Promise

April 5 - Haikubes - A dream about my childhood

April 6 - The Poetry Kit - On Being an Octopus

April 7 - Poetry Machine - After Dad Died

April 8 - Magnetic Poetry Kit - Untitled

April 9 - Poem Dice - The Fairy Dance

April 10 - Blackout Poem Generator - Untitled

April 11 - Paint Chip Poetry - In a Parallel Universe