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get your poem on #13

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

From now until midnight one week from today, comments on this post will be open, so you can leave a permalink to your blog post for this week’s contribution.
Be sure to check back through the week and see what others have written in response to ideas about sacrifice- or inspirations from other sources: Read Write [...]

poetry book club: a review of matthea harvey’s modern life

2 Comments Published by Jessica February 7th, 2008 in Book Review, Jessica, Poetry Book Club.

I never thought I’d read a book of poetry about robots, let alone fall in love with it.
In Matthea Harvey’s Modern Life, technology, terror and emotional disconnection form an eerie patchwork of existence in our time. Harvey uses slightly surreal imagery and a unique vocabulary to construct her haunting vision. While Harvey’s voice can at [...]

read write prompt #13: no pain, no gain (sacrifice in poetry)

6 Comments Published by Blythe February 6th, 2008 in Blythe, Read Write Prompt.

Today marks the beginning of Lent for Christians around the world. It is a forty-day season of fasting and prayer in preparation for Easter.
I was raised in a family that did not take much notice of Lent; I associate this time of year with various fish promotions at the local fast food joints. (Even though [...]

get your poem on #12

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

From now until midnight one week from today, comments on this post will be open, so you can leave a permalink to your blog post for this week’s contribution.
Be sure to check back through the week and see what others have written in response to ideas about clothing - or inspirations from other sources: Read Write Poem!
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read write poem: checking in

4 Comments Published by Deb February 1st, 2008 in About Read Write Poem, Deb.

Hi everyone. I thought I’d check in and see how you’re doing. So how are you doin’?
We’ve been kinda busy around here, and I thought you might like an overview of what’s been happening and what’s in the works.
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On keeping up with the action:
We have a request from paisley (and maybe others would like [...]

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WEEKLY READ WRITE PROMPT

July 2, 2008 — The current Get Your Poem On post is here. This is where you leave us a link to your blog, this week in response to Dana ShuffleWords idea, or any other kind of word play. (Or see if RWP-Twitter is for you!)

Next week's prompt will light you up. Thanks, Jill!



WEEKLY READ WRITE ARTICLES

June 26, 2008 — This month Jessica tells us which poets she first picked out to read, all on her own, because she wanted to. Who did you pick out?

Tom's Informal Talk About Forms has got more rhythm.

Christine's latest installment of Get The Lead Out discusses epigraphs. It's an inspired article.

We've been wanting more read here at Read Write Poem and Juliet brings it with her review of Spoken Word Revolution Redux.

January gives us a primer on revision.



POLL DANCE

July 5, 2008 — This time Carolee talks about how we talk about poetry we may not understand straight away in her "poll dance".

There's a new poll up. Yeah, a day early.



RANDOM PROMPTS

A different word or phrase will appear here each time you visit the site or refresh the page. Your current prompt is — barricade



RANDOM WRITING TIP

Write a poem wherein someone wants something that he or she cannot get.



RANDOM READING TIP

Decide you really Allen Ginsberg or Sylvia Plath, but you don’t know who else to read? Try reading poets of the same poetic tradition or aesthetic school. Some poets subscribe to a specific style or movement. Chances are if you like Ginsberg, you’ll love other Beats like Amiri Baraka or Gary Snyder. If you enjoy Sylvia Plath, you’d like other Confessional poets like Anne Sexton or Robert Lowell. There’s also plenty of criticism out there about poetic schools, so you can learn about the historic and personal influences on your favorite poets’ writing.



RANDOM COLLABORATING TIP

Do one of the random writing tips listed above and invite a writing partner or partners to write a poem based on the same tip. Then share what you each wrote. What's similar and different about the way you each approached the assignment?


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