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get your poem on #13

Published by Blythe February 11th, 2008 in Blythe, Get Your Poem On.

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28 Responses to “get your poem on #13”

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  1. 1 Tiel Aisha Ansari Feb 11th, 2008 at 12:08 am

    http://knockingfrominside.blogspot.com/2008/02/in-lieu-of-sacrifice.html

  2. 2 paisley Feb 11th, 2008 at 12:22 am

    in recent months i have come to understand that i have unknowingly spent the past few years paring down my existence to the very core… this poem reflects that revelation… excellent prompt.. i cannot wait to read everyone else’s tomorrow…..

    renaissance

  3. 3 Blythe Feb 11th, 2008 at 1:49 am

    Christine and I collaborated on this, and I had a blast.

    Read my poem here.

    I look forward to checking out what everyone else has written…

  4. 4 gautami tripathy Feb 11th, 2008 at 2:09 am

    I liked this prompt. Personal statements? No way!!

    A common enough Story in broken lines

  5. 5 chicklegirl Feb 11th, 2008 at 2:19 am

    I loved the prompt, which coincided with my reflections about how being a parent has awakened me to the significance of sacrifice. And here’s the distillation of that:

    http://chicklegirl.blogspot.com/2008/02/suckling.html

  6. 6 Crafty Green Poet Feb 11th, 2008 at 3:42 am

    Here’s mine:
    http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/02/48-hours-without.html

    I look forward to reading everyone elses!

  7. 7 AnthonyNorth Feb 11th, 2008 at 4:27 am

    This is my first time here. Hope you enjoy.

    http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/sacrifice

  8. 8 totomai Feb 11th, 2008 at 5:24 am

    I have written two poems about sacrifice

    A haiku about a street child

    http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/02/little-leahs-leis.html

    And a tanka about God’s love

    http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/02/matter-of-sibling-rivalry.html

  9. 9 Brian Feb 11th, 2008 at 8:31 am

    I decided to take up Blythe’s challenge of a ‘good sports poem’. Whether I succeeded, will be up to all of you. The poem is called “Gymnos”.

    http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/at-all-costs/

  10. 10 Liza Lee Miller Feb 11th, 2008 at 9:34 am

    Sacrifice

    Here is my offering.

  11. 11 Christine Feb 11th, 2008 at 9:38 am

    Here’s what I wrote with Blythe. Very fun!

    my sacrifices as a heart surgeon, past and present

  12. 12 Christine Feb 11th, 2008 at 9:41 am

    I wrote this one on Friday, based on Blythe’s prompt. i also included words from the Friday Five at Poefusion.

    car totem

  13. 13 UL Feb 11th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    Sacrifice or not, all depends on

    http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/02/arranged-or-love.html

  14. 14 jillypoet Feb 11th, 2008 at 2:39 pm

    This one just sort of came to me. Comments & critique welcome! The Birds Are Waiting to Be Fed

  15. 15 The Brave Feb 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Hi,
    I am sharing a classic Australian poem, it is usually presented as a song. It is befitting of this weeks theme.
    http://stillbrave.blogspot.com/2008/02/readwritepoem-sacrifice.html

  16. 16 Linda Jacobs Feb 11th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    Here’s a short one I wrote last summer that loosely fits the theme.

    My entry

  17. 17 SweetTalkingGuy Feb 11th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    Hi Everybody, I’ve got more questions than answers this week!

    http://sewina.blogspot.com/2008/02/rwp-13-sacrifice.html

  18. 18 Carolee Feb 11th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    a troubled piece from me. not a “troubling” piece, but a piece with troubles. problems. a draft that may or may not make it. but it does mention fasting/Lent …

    remember, i password protect my poetry. if you need the password, email art [at] polkadotwitch [dot] com. you’ll only need it once b/c i use the same one every time.

  19. 19 ...deb Feb 12th, 2008 at 1:01 am

    I didn’t follow the prompt, much as I wanted to. I will another time. Until then, here’s Barriers for Close Proximity.

  20. 20 Dave Feb 12th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    Is it still sacrifice if the victim is unwitting and unwilling? Well, Abraham seemed to think so. So suppose you found yourself deeply rooted a thousand miles away from your evolutionary soul-mate…

    Yucca

  21. 21 Dick Feb 13th, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Mutual sacrifice? http://patteran.typepad.com

  22. 22 SB Feb 13th, 2008 at 7:51 pm

    This isn’t a response to the prompt (at least, I don’t think it is) but it’s what I have: Dialog

  23. 23 mark Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    here you go:

    http://different-eye.blogspot.com/2008/02/512.html

  24. 24 Jessica Feb 15th, 2008 at 8:55 am

    So late, but I’m trying. :)

    http://www.9to5poet.com/2008/02/back-into-practice.html

  25. 25 Tiel Aisha Ansari Feb 15th, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    Interestingly enough, I liked the later submissions a lot more than the earlier ones. I guess there’s a lot to be said for taking one’s time to work at something.

  26. 26 Read Write Poem Feb 16th, 2008 at 12:22 am

    I hope everyone takes the time to come back and read, as you have done, Tiel. It would be nice to be able to take that time and know there might be those who will still be checking in later in the week.

    On the other hand, being able to riff on a prompt and enjoy the opportunity to share it with others in our open community is terrific. I enjoyed seeing everyone’s work posted from early in the week to last night! (It takes me a while to get to everyone, and I don’t always, too bad for me.)

    Thanks for your comments, everyone.

    And for all the participants poetry: Good prompt, good poetry experiences!

    …deb for RWP.

  27. 27 Bean Feb 17th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    Better Late Than Never

    http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/02/sacrifice.html

  28. 28 Penelope Anne Feb 17th, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    If you read the post prior to the poem you will know what The Monster Within is…

    http://cafeendofuniverse.blogspot.com/2008/02/read-write-poem-sacrifice.html

    I haven’t been feeling the writing bug much, but this spoke to me.

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