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get your poem on #10

Published by Tom January 21st, 2008 in Get Your Poem On, Tom.

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  1. 1 ...deb Jan 21st, 2008 at 12:16 am

    That was a great prompt, Tom. It made me think about the style I tend to write in. I didn’t come to any clear conclusions, but think I will ponder it further. Thanks!

    Here’s what I came up with.

  2. 2 Tiel Aisha Ansari Jan 21st, 2008 at 12:42 am

    I left one of each.

    http://knockingfrominside.blogspot.com/2008/01/literal-and-figurative-poetry.html

  3. 3 Catherine Jan 21st, 2008 at 3:19 am

    I haven’t written anything of my own this week, but I have a tribute to New Zealand poet Hone Tuwhare, and a small poetic giveaway on my site this week, so if you would like to win something, hop on over to my Two Part Poetry Post

  4. 4 Crafty Green Poet Jan 21st, 2008 at 3:56 am

    I didn’t do the prompt, though its certainly given me plenty to think about. Here is a poem that more or less fits the theme though:

    http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2006/02/cultural-inheritance-of-my.html

  5. 5 gautami tripathy Jan 21st, 2008 at 6:21 am

    Once I started it, words sorted themselves out.

    bottled

  6. 6 paisley Jan 21st, 2008 at 6:30 am

    i honestly do not think i strayed that far from my original style here,, but i tried the use of more tangible metaphors…. i don’t know… let me know what you think….

    “backstabber”

  7. 7 paisley Jan 21st, 2008 at 6:43 am

    deb, i am wondering if you could enable comment notification on this post so that we could be emailed when new entries become available.. i think it might strengthen our community interaction…..

  8. 8 bb Jan 21st, 2008 at 7:05 am

    Oh, I went for the random prompt generated on my last visit…

    Turning

  9. 9 Dick Jan 21st, 2008 at 11:14 am

    As someone who wallows around in a range of styles, I’m not sure where this one falls. Fits the theme, though, more or less…

    http://patteran.typepad.com

  10. 10 Christine Jan 21st, 2008 at 11:58 am

    Thinking about concrete versus figurative language challenged me to no end. I tried to use the metaphorical approach, although I think I have a ways to go in stretching my imagination. Thanks, Tom.

    Three doors

    PS: Paisley, in Blogger you have the option for email updates. In Wordpress, there’s a button called “my comments” that allows you to see responses to any comments you’ve made on other Wordpress blogs. As far as I know, you need to come back to the website to check in for additional comments if you don’t have a wordpress blog, which is what I do.

    If I find out another way, I’ll post it here. I’m self-taught too. I think in blogging we all are! :)

  11. 11 Read Write Poem Jan 21st, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    paisley & Christine (& other interested parties):

    I’ve checked the control panel for this site and don’t see an easy add. But I will keep looking. (I am self-taught, too. So be patient. :-) I am lucky Dana set up this lovely site. Most of the time I am trying to just not break it.)

  12. 12 Penelope Anne Jan 21st, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    Combined with my Sunday Scribblings this week….and covers last week theme as well.

    http://wannabeawritersomeday.blogspot.com/2008/01/metaphorically-traveling-sunday.html

  13. 13 TIV the individual voice Jan 21st, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    I tried to use both poems as separate prompts, just for the feel of what would come of it, leading to two poems, you can guess which goes to which:

    Just Keep Giving

    http://thebadpoetsociety.blogspot.com/2008/01/gift.html
    Bad Poet Society: Just Keep Giving

    And:

    Two Sisters of the Livingroom

    http://thebadpoetsociety.blogspot.com/2008/01/two-sisters-of-livingroom.html
    Bad Poet Society: Two Sisters of the Livingroom

  14. 14 susan Jan 21st, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    Here’s mine.

    Nod to Shelly

  15. 15 susan Jan 21st, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    Second try:

    http://blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com/2008/01/draft_9212.html

  16. 16 Dave Jan 21st, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    To get the comments to this blog via email, anyone can run the comments feed through Feedblitz.com. Deb, there are also WordPress plugins that will do what paisley is requesting: allow people to get email updates for specific posts. See http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/comments

  17. 17 dale Jan 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 am

    I’m in. A good exercise in quieting my expository demon :-)
    http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#7651689895332157156

  18. 18 SB Jan 22nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    This one isn’t ‘done’ yet — I tried a sonnet, but seem to have lost my knack for iambic. C&C is welcome: Ephemeral Sonnet

  19. 19 Wine-dark Sea Jan 25th, 2008 at 7:27 am

    #5

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