My very funny, very clever writer friend, J.D. Smith, came up with this game.  In honor (notice the American lack of ‘u’) of April being American poetry month, a season of many readings and very many open mics, J.D. created this Open Mic Bingo board. J.D. and I share a rather snide and obnoxious sense of humour, but I think this is just hysterical. So for all you poetry readers out there, this one’s for you:

And since I stole this from him, I’ll take this opportunity to give him a proper plug, especially since his new book of essays has recently been published. Dowsing and Science shows him meandering through the rather wide-ranging and quirky world in his head, while his first poetry collection, Settling for Beauty, is simply that – beautiful. Though, to be honest, my favourite book of all of his is his heartwarming children’s tale, The Best Mariachi in the World.