WEEKLY READ WRITE PROMPT
May 15, 2008 — The current Get Your Poem On post is here. This post is where you leave us a link to your blog in response to Blythe's prompt having something to do with mothers. Or any other poetric inspiration. We don't care, as long as you eat your vegetables.
Jill's Read Write Prompt for next week is an exercise in comparisons.
WEEKLY READ WRITE ARTICLES
May 15, 2008 — We've been wanting more read here at Read Write Poem and Juliet brings it with her review of Spoken Word Revolution Redux.
Christine has taken Informal Talk About Forms into new territory with her talk about the sonnet. Celebrate a new old form.
Christine's latest installment of Get The Lead Out is a discussion kick-off about writing groups. It's a good read. Join her conversation.
Jessica has a new Poetry Book Club report about Rae Armantrout's latest book, Next Life.
POLL DANCE
May 11, 2008 — Carolee is back at it with an interesting discussion centered on the last poll, which asks us about our self perception. There are great follow-up comments from participants, so read it...and then visit the latest poll. One column over - yeah, on the far right.
READ WRITE NaPoWriMo
Apr. 30, 2008 — Here's a recap of RWP's April 2008 support for the NaPoWriMo-er's effort(s!!).
And here's a celebration-of-your-NaPoWriMo-success button. Help yourself.
RANDOM PROMPTS
A different word or phrase will appear here each time you visit the site or refresh the page. Your current prompt is — bamboo
RANDOM WRITING TIP
Try to think of something you’ve never read a poem about, and write a poem about that thing.
RANDOM READING TIP
Use a website like amazon.com to find out what other readers buy who like a book of poetry you enjoyed. Simply enter the name of the book, select it from the list of possible matches, then scroll down to the section “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” and see if there’s anything new there that strikes your fancy.
RANDOM COLLABORATING TIP
Visit a recent prose entry on another poet's blog. Find a poem in its text. (Be sure to ask permission first and then credit the other poet's musings in your final piece.)
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READ WRITE POEM BUTTON
Below is the code that will allow you to get your very own Read Write Poem button for your blog. The button comes in two sizes, and all you need to do is copy the code for the size you want and paste it into your blog's sidebar or even into your individual Read Write Poem posts.
Large Button Sample and Code
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I think I fixed it. It seemed to work on my site…but then I had thought it worked last night, too!
Let me know~
Thank you for this! It is working on my blog now!
it works! thx deb.
Great idea! I like the “my way”! Thanks!
thanks for this.. like that “my way”.. hehe
it was fun…
Havin a Sinatra moment…
I’m displaying mine with pride both on my blog and my special NaPoWriMo site where all my 30 are posted back to back
http://thirtypoemsthirtydays.blogspot.com/
Thank you:) I did it too… I did post 30 poems on 30 days; and enjoyed it very much… added the button too today:)