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get your poem on #22

Published by Ren April 14th, 2008 in Get Your Poem On, Ren.

Sorry this is late, folks! Deb set the the publish date wrong.

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  1. 1 Crafty Green Poet Apr 14th, 2008 at 5:08 am

    Here’s mine: ttp://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/04/shells.html

  2. 2 Crafty Green Poet Apr 14th, 2008 at 5:09 am

    Here’s mine, correct URL this time:
    http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/04/shells.html

  3. 3 AnthonyNorth Apr 14th, 2008 at 5:28 am

    I’ve missed a couple of weeks, but back now. You’ll find mine in my Monday magazine post:

    Life

  4. 4 Brian Apr 14th, 2008 at 5:31 am

    Thank you Ren for your prompt this week. I indeed spoke freely about something that matters deeply to me and that is the plight of many women around the world who are abused “Because I have a vagina…”

    http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/i-hav/

  5. 5 gautami tripathy Apr 14th, 2008 at 5:39 am

    It is something I had written sometime back. I rewrote quite a bit before re-posting:

    ignomorous ignominy

  6. 6 Rob Kistner Apr 14th, 2008 at 6:21 am

    I wrote for those, right here in my city, and many U.S. cities, and cities round the world, who do not write for themselves — but must be elevated in words. Courage

  7. 7 UL Apr 14th, 2008 at 6:26 am

    For a cause -

    http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/04/female-foeticide.html

  8. 8 totomai Apr 14th, 2008 at 6:33 am

    mine

    http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/04/scars-of-war-children.html

  9. 9 Wine-dark Sea Apr 14th, 2008 at 6:36 am

    For the innocent: #14

  10. 10 Wine-dark Sea Apr 14th, 2008 at 6:37 am

    For the soldier: #13

  11. 11 art predator Apr 14th, 2008 at 6:51 am

    Mine’s titled

    Taxes

    http://artpredator.wordpress.com

    I wrote it a few years ago as part of the 3:15 experiment.

  12. 12 cocoloco Apr 14th, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Okay, fellow poets.
    Finally got the blog up and running for your viewing ejoyment.
    Just writing at the moment. See what you think. Organic is as Organic does.

    http://rscocoloco.blogspot.com

  13. 13 Tiel Aisha Ansari Apr 14th, 2008 at 9:43 am

    They keep telling us there’s

    Nothing to Fear

  14. 14 Regina Clare Jane Apr 14th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    What a wonderful prompt for this week- thanks…

    http://reginaclarejane.livejournal.com/57773.html

  15. 15 jan doble Apr 14th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    http://moodsandmetaphors.blogspot.com/2008/04/to-what-end.html

  16. 16 Christine Apr 14th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    Mine doesn’t exactly fit the prompt, but it’s got the right spirit.

    Thanks, Ren, for this prompt. I sent a more specific poem about a Cambodian girl to Protestpoems.org.

    I think here I’m speaking for all of us who want to work for peace, but might not know where to begin.
    a metta meditation after an imaginary conversation with the 14th Dalai Lama

  17. 17 renkat Apr 14th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    Thanks, Christine! I got it.

  18. 18 Linda Jacobs Apr 14th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m a day behind on NaPoWriMo. Hopefully after supper tonight I’ll have a chance to get caught up.

    Morning Smiles

  19. 19 Peter Apr 14th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    I found this site through a link on Dave’s site (ViaNegativa.us). Here’s mine of a few days ago. It has nothing to do with your fine prompt.

    http://slowreads.com/verseandi.html

  20. 20 Linda - Nickers and Ink Apr 14th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    Here’s one I came up with . . . to answer several prompts at once:

    ON THE ROAD – RACING AHEAD AND LOOKING BACK, at Nickers and Ink

    Blessings all,
    Linda
    Nickers and Ink

  21. 21 Noah Apr 14th, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    Speech

  22. 22 susan Apr 14th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    Working till 2am and having a weekend that is everyone else’s Monday and Tuesday, has thrown this sista off, but I’m adjusting and glad to be reading again and I even cranked out a draft this week.

    draft

  23. 23 Jessica Apr 14th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    Great prompt! Thanks!

    Here’s mine:

    http://9to5poet.com/2008/04/15/under-the-wire/

  24. 24 Jane Doe Apr 15th, 2008 at 2:37 am

    I think this is the first time I’ve participated here. This is my piece. Thanks for the inspiration!

    The Congo

  25. 25 cocoloco Apr 15th, 2008 at 7:54 am

    Well, since today is Tax Day, I couldn’t help the comparison I made.
    Check it out.

  26. 26 Leigh Lear Apr 15th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    here’s mine
    lost child

  27. 27 Vixen Apr 15th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    Here is mine
    http://vixensden.com/?p=441

  28. 28 Derek Apr 15th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    Okay, so I took a long hiatus from this, but hey, I scribbled something down and figured it might be worth something. Come look at it!

    http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/keyboard-41508/

    Be well!
    D

  29. 29 Jane Doe Apr 16th, 2008 at 8:08 am

    I changed my poem a bit, here is the revised version:

    The Congo (Revised)

  30. 30 Beloved Dreamer-Melanie Apr 16th, 2008 at 10:49 am

    Late as ever…..

    This is an older poem that I think “speaks freely”.

    love-bd

  31. 31 Beloved Dreamer-Melanie Apr 16th, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Oh darn. My link did not work. Will try again.

    The Mandela

    love-bd

  32. 32 Beloved Dreamer-Melanie Apr 16th, 2008 at 11:13 am

    Forget the link above. It is to the old poem…..

    The Mandela

    love-bd

  33. 33 C. Elizabeth Apr 16th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    better late then never :)

    Peace,Love & Poetry

    http://corinnez.blogspot.com/2008/04/hold-my-bones.html

  34. 34 cocoloco Apr 17th, 2008 at 10:05 am

    April 17th
    A poem a day, no problem.
    Last night someone dear to me appeared in my thougths.
    See what came out of that visit.

    The departed never leave but they touch us when we call them.

    http://rscocoloco.blogspot.com

    Thanks!

  35. 35 Seashelllz Apr 17th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    daughters of eldorado

    http://seashelllz.livejournal.com/97507.html

  36. 36 senzatema Apr 18th, 2008 at 6:54 am

    Can Only Speak for Me

  37. 37 Kate Apr 18th, 2008 at 10:51 am

    I thought hard about this prompt. It seems to me that any man, woman and child anywhere, any time, can speak, and increasingly, anywhere in the world, people are speaking in ways that others around the world can hear. Different places may set up obstacles, and those obstacles may make the speakers more determined to speak…

    So this is about people who choose to speak.

    Thanks for making me think!

  38. 38 Gemma Apr 18th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    I have been quite stirred about the number of child soldiers in the world.

    Here is a nonet I wrote.

    I’ve never seen your child’s face

    Gemma

  39. 39 ...deb Apr 20th, 2008 at 1:37 am

    Late, late, but here is a poem about Nasab’s wife, Sahar, The Special Representative Regrets.

    Thank you for the work you do, Ren, and the thoughtful prompt. (I’ve sent the poem onto ProtestPoems.org.)

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