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get your poem on #12

Published by Juliet February 4th, 2008 in Get Your Poem On, Juliet.

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  1. 1 UL Feb 4th, 2008 at 12:09 am

    Here’s magic clad in Indian wear -
    http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-skin.html

  2. 2 SB Feb 4th, 2008 at 12:16 am

    Sometimes these prompts bring out something surprising: Make the Woman

  3. 3 dale Feb 4th, 2008 at 12:25 am

    I didn’t think much of mine, but here it is:

    http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#2365840100952668521

  4. 4 Liza Lee Miller Feb 4th, 2008 at 12:46 am

    Here is my contribution. Silly but sometimes silly is what we need.

    Clothes

  5. 5 Tiel Aisha Ansari Feb 4th, 2008 at 1:35 am

    Goodwill

  6. 6 chicklegirl Feb 4th, 2008 at 1:48 am

    I didn’t expect the direction this prompt took me, but it was cathartic, after watching a dear friend struggling with her health, earlier this week:

    http://chicklegirl.blogspot.com/2008/02/waiting-for-charon.html

  7. 7 gautami tripathy Feb 4th, 2008 at 2:29 am

    Mine is kind of narcisistic!

    http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/02/one-day-in-life-of-sari.html

  8. 8 Juliet Feb 4th, 2008 at 2:37 am

    I’ve posted a poem mentioning clothes on Crafty Green Poet:
    http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/02/drought.html

  9. 9 Juliet Feb 4th, 2008 at 2:39 am

    I’ve also posted a poem mentioning clothes on Over Forty Shades (my Alter Ego blog):
    http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/02/heirloom.html

    I really look forward to visiting everyone and seeing how you’ve all interpreted the prompt!

  10. 10 Rethabile Feb 4th, 2008 at 2:56 am

    The pantry mentions undoing clothes.

  11. 11 PaulS Feb 4th, 2008 at 3:42 am

    This one has a beautiful white dress in it. Your drought poem is fantastic, Juliet.
    http://gingatao.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/dada-diddle-diddle/

  12. 12 sister AE Feb 4th, 2008 at 8:14 am

    I couldn’t make up my mind which of a few directions to go, so I wrote 3!
    Here’s the first:

    http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-parka.html

  13. 13 sister AE Feb 4th, 2008 at 8:15 am

    Here’s the 2nd one:

    http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/02/costumes.html

  14. 14 sister AE Feb 4th, 2008 at 8:16 am

    And last but not least:

    http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/02/gloves.html

    Thanks for letting me indulge.

  15. 15 Jo Feb 4th, 2008 at 8:25 am

    Here’s mine, a moment where clothes mattered (laughing)

    http://florescence.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/flanked/

  16. 16 Allyson Feb 4th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    Here is mine. Not completely thrilled about it, but I like it enough to share.

    http://amwpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/02/poem-for-readwritepoem.html

  17. 17 Jessica Feb 4th, 2008 at 10:07 am

    Thank you for the prompt, which I *barely* followed. :)

    http://www.9to5poet.com/2008/02/oh-my-god-i-actually-wrote-poem.html

  18. 18 Christine Feb 4th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Fun stuff, Juliet!

    http://mariacristina.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/time-for-a-new-dress/

  19. 19 susan Feb 4th, 2008 at 10:32 am

    I’m still thinking on the clothes. I tend to be last to the finish line. In the meantime, I recently wrote this:

    http://blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com/2008/02/draft.html

  20. 20 Leigh Lear Feb 4th, 2008 at 10:51 am

    here’s one about a lost love
    http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/01/someday.html

  21. 21 susan Feb 4th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    I’m stuck in revisiting old pieces. In the meantime, I’m looking for inspiration in rwp members’ works. here’s a work when I read it I still smile. This one is autobiographical.

    http://blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com/2008/02/draft_04.html

  22. 22 SB Feb 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    Not a poem — an invitation: Introduce Yourself! at Watermark, with a few poetry-related questions, for those who choose to answer them.

    I know that many of you go in to read the poems, and right out again — this is an opportunity for Watermark readers to meet each other.

  23. 23 Linda Jacobs Feb 4th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    Had a perfectly horrible day. Woke up to find a snow machine sticking out of the side of our porch and parts of my husband’s truck scattered all over the yard. Then insurance issues arose. I won’t bore you with the details, but it was my fault. So, taking some time to relax and write this really helped.

    Again, thanks for continuing this site and giving us a place to escape to!

    (My husband just called and said he’s all calmed down, now, and the insurance issues are, more or less, resolved. Phew!)

    My entry

  24. 24 SweetTalkingGuy Feb 4th, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    Hi, I’ve posted a little piece about the Oxfam shop.

    http://sewina.blogspot.com/2008/02/rwp-clothes.html

  25. 25 Noah Feb 4th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    http://noahthegreat.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/why-wait/

  26. 26 paisley Feb 4th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    i am so not into clothes it is a shame… so i came dressed as “miss doom and gloom”… imagine that……

    http://justpaisley.why-paisley.com/?p=418

  27. 27 ...deb Feb 4th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    Here’s my poem:Ties To Cold Mornings Passed, a strange take on the (very enjoyable) prompt. Thanks, Juliet!

  28. 28 Blythe Feb 4th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    Here’s mine.

    This is my first time to share a piece here at RWP. It’s very much a first draft, but I’m glad to be here! Thanks for the great prompt, Juliet.

  29. 29 Rob Kistner Feb 5th, 2008 at 10:07 am

    Dressed to kill — Reaper Groom (murder mystery).

  30. 30 Holly Mac Feb 5th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Written last May, but fits the prompt.

    http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2007/05/growth-and-progress.html

  31. 31 carolee Feb 5th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    i don’t have any clothes on this week — hee hee — but i wanted to stop by and say hi to the large number of people who came by with poems. it’s great to see everyone.

  32. 32 Cary Rant Feb 6th, 2008 at 8:12 am

    Here’s is mine, it’s my first for the group. This is just the sort of group I was hoping to find. I’m looking forward to reading everyone’s work.
    http://caryrant.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/read-write-poem-12-clothes/

  33. 33 jillypoet Feb 6th, 2008 at 11:36 am

    I had all sorts of ideas about clothes poems. This is a really great prompt! But winter has me in a funk. Still, in the end, the clothes appeared. Comments & critique always welcome!
    Dressing the Black Dog

  34. 34 Dave Feb 6th, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    In case anyone’s still checking: Golden eagle with transmitter.

  35. 35 Dave Feb 6th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    I see jillypoet’s link doesn’t work. It’s
    http://jillypoet.blogspot.com/2008/02/youve-heard-of-black-dog.html

  36. 36 Catherine Feb 6th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    I haven’t written anything new, but here is one I prepared earlier:
    Girl in a Ballgown

  37. 37 Read Write Poem Feb 6th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Thanks, Dave!

  38. 38 totomai Feb 7th, 2008 at 8:10 am

    well, i just saw this site. i havent written new poems since my muse is on a permanent vacation.

    but i thought of sharing this one, because i thought, poetry is sometimes clothe d with allusion :-)

    http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/05/explored.html

  39. 39 Rachel Barenblat Feb 7th, 2008 at 9:50 am

    Here’s my contribution: Protection

  40. 40 Rob Kistner Feb 9th, 2008 at 6:38 am

    …deb -

    You are most welcome for the mention! Here at Writer’s Island we feel there are several interesting blogs that provide good prompts, and I want to make certain the islanders are aware of them — because you can never do too much writing… ;)
    We invite you back to the island again soon …deb — and anyone else who loves to write for the sheer pleasure of it, all forms, and who seek prompts to inspire them.

    Rob Kistner
    Moderator

  1. 1 Reaper Groom (murder mystery) « Image & Verse Too Pingback on Feb 5th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
  2. 2 Via Negativa » Blog Archive » Golden eagle with transmitter Pingback on Feb 6th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

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