get your poem on #6

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1. Ceridwen - December 24, 2007

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

2. cadavre exquis « Fallen Verses - December 24, 2007

[...] Read Write Poem prompt this week is to do some collaborative writing. I imagine most of the posts that show up over [...]

3. Tom - December 24, 2007

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

4. Ceridwen - December 24, 2007

You go, Tom. :)

5. gautami - December 24, 2007

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

6. Crafty Green Poet - December 24, 2007

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

7. Jack - December 24, 2007

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.

8. Derek - December 24, 2007

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/

9. sister AE - December 24, 2007

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

10. Linda Jacobs - December 25, 2007

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

11. Jessica - December 25, 2007

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

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

12. Christine - December 25, 2007

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/

13. Carolee - December 26, 2007

tom and i are still working away!

14. She’s a good witch! « Fallen Verses - December 27, 2007

[...] when speaking it, or when typing it.) Other people have collaborated and posted their poems over at Read Write Poem already, so check them out if you wandered here from elsewhere, and be sure to check [...]

15. Tom - December 27, 2007

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.

16. paisley - December 27, 2007

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………

17. Read Write Poem - December 31, 2007

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