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get your poem on #17

Published by Christine March 10th, 2008 in Christine, Get Your Poem On.

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  1. 1 Tiel Aisha Ansari Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:06 am

    Got it. Now I’m going to bed. Perchance to dream.

    Tiger

  2. 2 art predator Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:10 am

    perfect! it’s national sleep week–i even posted tips about sleeping better! more sleep=more dreams=more dream poems! in fact, i have been blogging recently about dreams and night terrors and posted several poems inspired by it. the prompts look fun and i look forward to seeing what new pops up!

    thanks, Tiel, for suggesting I check this out!

  3. 3 dale Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:15 am

    I’m in!

    http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html#4995359388268156463

  4. 4 Whirling Dervish Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:15 am

    Here’s something rather experimental from me…

    http://stoneymoss.blogspot.com/2008/03/scenes-from-dream.html

  5. 5 chicklegirl Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:31 am

    Two from me this week; this prompt inspired more than I expected:
    Dreamless and Bête Noire

  6. 6 totomai Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:41 am

    well, a different kind of dream :-)

    http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/03/dream-house.html

  7. 7 gautami Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:14 am

    Here is mine:

    http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/03/nowhereland-becomes-neverland.html

  8. 8 Juliet Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:41 am

    Here’s my dream poem on Over Forty Shades (my Alter Ego blog):

    http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/03/gypsy-dancehall.html

    I’ll be back in a while with a poem on Crafty Green poet!

  9. 9 Juliet Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:49 am

    Birdwatcher’s dreams:http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2006/02/dream-birds.html

  10. 10 Juliet Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:50 am

    Sorry, I’ll press the space bar this time:

    Birdwatcher’s dreams: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2006/02/dream-birds.html

  11. 11 AnthonyNorth Mar 10th, 2008 at 3:07 am

    Who’s this in your dreams?

    Dream Man

  12. 12 Thaleia Mar 10th, 2008 at 3:22 am

    Here’s mine

    The Perfect Dream

  13. 13 Rob Kistner Mar 10th, 2008 at 5:08 am

    Dreamspeak

  14. 14 Beloved Dreamer-Melanie Mar 10th, 2008 at 5:34 am

    Hello everyone. This is my first time here. The prompt really moved me.
    Hope you like my first outing.

    my poem

    much thanks for having me.

    love-bd

  15. 15 Beloved Dreamer-Melanie Mar 10th, 2008 at 5:41 am

    P.S. How do I get the whole link to my poem to appear as others have?
    I used my own code to link my poem

    much thanks, bd

  16. 16 Leigh Lear Mar 10th, 2008 at 6:56 am

    here it tis

    http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/03/read-write-poem-prompt_06.html

  17. 17 Rose Dewy Knickers Mar 10th, 2008 at 7:54 am

    http://dewyknickers.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/reality-intrudes/

    Three American Sentences.

    Rose

    xo

  18. 18 Christine Mar 10th, 2008 at 7:54 am

    I’m excited about reading all these poems. I didn’t know it was national sleep week…did you, deb? Synchronicity….

    metaphysical babies

  19. 19 paisley Mar 10th, 2008 at 8:19 am

    mine is about the reality than the dream

    sleep no more

  20. 20 LaurenceMcBeth Mar 10th, 2008 at 8:35 am

    Its my first visit to the site and thought I’d give it a shot…appreciate any comments.

  21. 21 Jessica Mar 10th, 2008 at 9:44 am

    Hello everyone,

    Here is my quatrain, based on the tarot card portion of the prompt:

    Three of Swords

  22. 22 Lirone Mar 10th, 2008 at 11:34 am

    A dream terza rima from me…

    seas of dreams

  23. 23 Holly Mac Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    I have a lot of dream-based poems. Here’s an example of one (about a year old)

    http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2007/06/passing-through.html

    But this is my most recent writing, about not writing and what it feels like to start again.

    http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2008/03/learning-to-breathe.html

  24. 24 ...deb Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    Hi art predator, bd, and laurence! Welcome. Glad you’re here.

    BD - I’ll send you an email. My tries at explaing come up weird on the comment and won’t be helpful. Sometimes my Bogger make a link button works, and sometimes it doesn’t but I can send you the format and you can cut and paste.

    Rose! Hello!

    Christine, I had no idea it was sleep week, synchronicity indeed. Serendipity, too. Confluence? How fun is this? I should add a tag to your post for that category!

    Nice to see you all here. Happy Poetry Monday.

  25. 25 Linda Jacobs Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Thanks, again, for this helpful and necessary site! I love al the extras every week and appreciate all the work involved!

    Here’s mine:

    Dreams

  26. 26 ...deb Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Here’s mine: Dreams of Opera.

    Fun prompt, Christine!

  27. 27 Noah Mar 10th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    This one gets mixed reactions. (Don’t mind the endless dramallama.)

    One moment of happiness

  28. 28 Read Write Poem Mar 10th, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    Thanks, Linda! That was a nice comment to read, and I am sure everyone here appreciates it!

    ~deb

  29. 29 jillypoet Mar 10th, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    My dreams have been elusive lately, but the moon comes out at night, same as dreams, right?

    Give Me a Moon Story

  30. 30 sister AE Mar 11th, 2008 at 1:17 am

    I don’t remember my dreams, which led me to this.

    http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/03/dreams.html

  31. 31 LaurenceMcBeth Mar 11th, 2008 at 5:55 am

    Great site…trying to link to another poem about the powwr of dreams..

    http://semi-retired.livejournal.com/22799.html

  32. 32 Tammy Mar 11th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

    I thought this club was gone but I’m thrilled it isn’t. My contribution is a vision/dream that changed my life.

    http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/2008/03/read-write-poem-dream.html

    Thanks
    Tammy

  33. 33 mary Mar 13th, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    Not a dream poem, but my latest offering. I guess in a way it could relate to dreams because my mom believed she would reincarnate as a bird. I’ve had dreams about that before.

    Two Years Since

  34. 34 art predator Mar 13th, 2008 at 10:36 pm

    can’t imagine how the link i left only showed my dream of a child–sweet dream that he is–and not the link to my blog!!

    stange strange and stranger–dreamlike even!

    try http://artpredator.wordpress.com

    to check out my dream posts!

  35. 35 art predator Mar 13th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    this also explains the unusual surge in my stats for this image!

  36. 36 art predator Mar 14th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    this is for jillypoet because I couldn’t post comments on her blog–i’m on wordpress and she has to do somehting so none google blogger types can comment…

    this is a fun read!

    i know moms who still dance naked in the full moon (in the house or the deck but sometimes out in nature too! yep, you guessed it, i’m one of them!)

    use the blog to write about your hopes and hears for your son. you will also find other blogs and communities to help you and support you. there’s an amazing wordpress blog by a woman in the UK with an autistic son. or start a new one which charts the new course of your life

    my read write dream poem that i’m going to psot today addresses a mother’s greatest fear–the death of her child…and not having protected him/her form a threat

    hope you’ll check it out–i should have it done and posted later today, Friday.

    http://artpredator.wordpress.com

  37. 37 Betherann Mar 15th, 2008 at 12:36 am

    My dream poem!

    http://codyisamazing.blogspot.com/2008/03/at-table.html

  38. 38 Bean Mar 15th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/03/dreams.html

  39. 39 art predator Mar 15th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    my second one (brand new) is up!

    http://artpredator.wordpress.com

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