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get your poem on #6

Published by Dana December 24th, 2007 in Dana, Get Your Poem On.

We hope those of you who signed up to collaborate had interesting experiences with that process. You might want to not only share the work you created but also talk about the process of working together. And if you didn’t collaborate with someone this week, that’s fine. You can share whatever you want, as long as it’s poetry-related.

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  1. 1 Ceridwen Dec 24th, 2007 at 12:07 am

    Christine and I wrote something together, and I wrote a little bit about our process here.

  2. 2 Tom Dec 24th, 2007 at 12:22 am

    I am going to take advantage (perhaps) of the more than one post per week rule. Today, a post more to the spirit than the letter of the prompt.
    cadavre exquis

  3. 3 Ceridwen Dec 24th, 2007 at 12:30 am

    You go, Tom. :)

  4. 4 gautami Dec 24th, 2007 at 2:35 am

    I did not collaborate with anyone. I simply can’t write poetry along with some one else.

    I wrote this only a few minutes back.

    spin dryer

  5. 5 Crafty Green Poet Dec 24th, 2007 at 2:43 am

    I didn’t collaborate with anyone either, but I wrote some thoughts about collaboration with a review of a book of bilingual poetic collaboration. It’s on my Alter Ego blog at: http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2007/12/read-write-poem-this-week-asked-us-to.html

  6. 6 Jack Dec 24th, 2007 at 2:48 am

    I wrote this with Jessica, who sadly left for Christmas before we titled the poem, so for the time being I titled it Bud, Sky.

  7. 7 Derek Dec 24th, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    Susan and I are currently collaborating on a poem. We’re still in the beginning stages, but we’ll show off here once we get done. Holidays and all.

    In the meantime, I’m linking to a poem I put up on my blog a long time ago. Hope you enjoy:

    http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com/2007/01/11/windmills-10607/

  8. 8 sister AE Dec 24th, 2007 at 5:03 pm

    Linda and I have each posted the poem we jointly created. Feel free to check it out at either of our sites.

    I also posted some reflections on doing a poetry collaboration. Thanks, Ceridwen, for the prompt.

    http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2007/12/poem-collaboration-aes-take.html

  9. 9 Linda Jacobs Dec 25th, 2007 at 8:02 am

    Here’s mine, too. I tried posting it last night but my mother-in-law arrived early for our Christmas celebration.

    Thank you, Ceridwen, for another prompt that made me stretch as a poet!

    My entry

  10. 10 Jessica Dec 25th, 2007 at 5:49 pm

    I like Jack’s title… and here’s the same poem on my blog. :)

    http://www.9to5poet.com/2007/12/poetry-with-partner.html

  11. 11 Christine Dec 25th, 2007 at 7:55 pm

    Here’s the poem Ceridwen and I wrote, with my comments on the process. I am hooked on collaborating!

    http://mariacristina.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/collaboration-at-readwritepoem/

  12. 12 Carolee Dec 26th, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    tom and i are still working away!

  13. 13 Tom Dec 27th, 2007 at 1:07 am

    Fashionably late to the party, but we made it. I’ve posted the poem Carolee and I wrote and a little bit extra and I expect she will be doing the same.

  14. 14 paisley Dec 27th, 2007 at 11:14 pm

    i certainly apologize for the tardiness of this post… well i learned a very important thing here,, you must share a vision before you collaborate… i thought by using visual stimulation,, we have to connect somewhere…
    have a look and see what you think…

    http://justpaisley.why-paisley.com/?p=346

    i have included the entire process… well not the emails………

  15. 15 Read Write Poem Dec 31st, 2007 at 6:03 pm

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