365 Days Vol. 2

by The 365 Days Poets

Back in 2015, James Benger decided to put a process into place to make his writing more consistent. He made a New Year’s resolution to write a poem a day for a year. To help make the resolution stick, he established a closed Facebook group and asked some writers he knew if they were interested. Soon over 200 participants were involved. In 2016 the fruits of this effort were celebrated in the first volume of 365 A Poetry Anthology, which the four editors put together from poems submitted by a small core group of members who wished to participate. Here we are at it again. We hope you enjoy the poems collected here. They are the result of The James Benger System of Consistent Writing, otherwise known as 365 Poems in 365 Days. In 365 Days, Volume 2: A Poetry Anthology 18 poets contribute 76 poems collected by editors Roy Beckemeyer, James Benger, Dan Pohl, and Diane Wahto. Jeanette Powers, author of Perfectly Good Muses, says of 365 Days Volume 2: “The 365 Days poetry project is an illustration of conviction and community coming together and creating something exquisite in both its ambition and content. This online group, writing daily, generates a tremendous amount of creative energy and this anthology displays the grand result. Occasionally infused with the group's comments, the reader is delighted to be included in the fun. Poems, pastoral, micro, narrative, absurd, and intimate, play over the pages in perfect concerto of how a year of one's own life with highs and lows, sighs and bellows.” Shawn Pavey, author of Nobody Steals Towels from a Motel 6, says of 365 Says Volume 2: “…a delightful read full of great moments from established and emerging poets…among the many bright spots in this collection…Paul Koniecki (‘Carry the sun in your arms to a safe house / and leave it in an unmade bed of pillows and down, other / minor ceelestial objects, and soft music from a turntable in the / corner of another room’).”

132 pages, Paperback

Published May 18, 2018

Reviews

[Valeria Blanco · Rating 3 out of 5]

We know that nowadays it is trite that a book or a movie is given a happy ending.
But really massimo and Laura these characters this story deserve a happy ending, it is not about being different and changing massino for an idiot or the simple fact of changing an ending that seemed to be spectacular like that is an offense to those who appreciated the work of the movie from beginning to end, and it's not being a bad reader, this is called having little imagination, because let me say that if there are happy endings and you can give them an excellent touch without ruining the shit that the author of the book wants to give at the end of the 3 volume. I give my opinion extensively because I appreciate reading and the very cinema and all the creativity that the author of 365 days had, I say she had because if she gives the ending that the last book indicates, she will be throwing away all her work since 2018 and it will remain in history like poor writing.
more if the ending we all want happens and more importantly ends up being the husband that Laura wanted to be the icing on the cake, but if I change it like the writer longs for it, it will be a world garbage, I'm retiring and I'll leave this here.

[Sara De Sousa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bien

[Carren Shepherd]

Lovely

[Faysal Rahman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely book

[Nili]

so clear

[Teasy Mabyaki · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the first book am so excited 😁 to write volume 2

[Eleonora · Rating 5 out of 5]

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