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Posted by Jill on 07.07.2008 at 12:01 am
Posted Under: Get Your Poem On, Jill

1. Peter - July 7, 2008

I was a bad person again and didn’t follow this week’s prompt. (I do like reading the prompt ideas, and I’m going to use some of them in my high school English class this fall and winter.)

http://slowreads.com/verseStayingSeats.html

2. Dana - July 7, 2008

Mine isn’t about light at all. Not one bit. But it has panties in it, for whatever that’s worth:

http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/07/06/read-write-poem-34/

3. Whirling Dervish - July 7, 2008

Mine has Edison in it…does that count?!? :) Now I have to go read Dana’s poem about panties which I’m sure is far more…erhm..illuminating…

http://stoneymoss.blogspot.com/2008/07/lightening-bugs.html

4. Crafty Green Poet - July 7, 2008

Here’s one from me: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/07/parallel-realities.html

5. Crafty Green Poet - July 7, 2008

and a haiku too: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/07/haiku.html

6. Catherine - July 7, 2008

The light is quite wintry around here at the moment:

http://poetrychook.blogspot.com/2008/07/winter-light.html

7. AnthonyNorth - July 7, 2008

You’ll find mine in this post:

Tony On Crime, Stripe & More

Enjoy.

8. Jo - July 7, 2008

Here’s mine:

http://florescence.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/neither-here-nor-there/

I loved this prompt, thanks Jilly.

9. gautami tripathy - July 7, 2008

A dark one from me:

http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/07/piece-of-charcoal-split-into-splinters.html

10. Nathan - July 7, 2008

This one starts with light: http://disorder1313.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/city

11. Rob Kistner - July 7, 2008

The Light

12. Rob Kistner - July 7, 2008

“The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long…”

13. durable pigments - July 7, 2008

Wrote this previously, but it fits the prompt too precisely not to post…
Star Light, Star Bright

14. Image & Verse Too - July 7, 2008

Dark Dock

15. Donald Harbour - July 7, 2008

Summer Storm

16. Brian - July 7, 2008

http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/paris-late-afternoon/

A picture.
A tanka in English and French.

17. Nicole Nicholson - July 7, 2008

Joseph, son of Israel, speaks of his loss of light:

http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/07/06/light/

-Nicole

18. twitches - July 7, 2008

Two Poems About Light

19. Lirone - July 7, 2008

Here’s mine:

inner light

Part of me likes it simple as it is, though another part of me feels it’s too naive and needs lots more work!

20. Christine - July 7, 2008

Thanks Jill, I’m all about light and dark.

http://tinyurl.com/5qsvua

21. Tiel Aisha Ansari - July 7, 2008

Written by the light of a Half-Moon

22. lissa flyturtle - July 7, 2008

here’s mine:

http://flyturtlefly.com/2008/07/06/our-only-sunshine/

23. chicklegirl - July 7, 2008

Seeing yourself in a new light: Naked but Not

24. Inner light « Words that sing - July 7, 2008

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25. One More Believer - July 7, 2008

fluvial

26. missmays - July 7, 2008

A light love poem..
http://missmays.blogspot.com/2008/07/when-you-love-me.html

27. SB - July 7, 2008

I actually followed the prompt this week: Snapshot Poem 02 July 02008

28. Holly Mac - July 7, 2008

Here’s mine:

http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2008/07/independence-from-chaos.html

29. Jenn - July 7, 2008

Turning on the ligh here:
http://drawingsinthesurf.blogspot.com/2008/07/contents.html

30. throws his words - July 7, 2008

This isn’t a brand new poem (I wrote it last year), but I think it fits the week’s theme of “light”:

http://throwshiswords.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/morning-of-the-autumnal-equinox/

31. Gemma - July 8, 2008

Here is my response! (Suddenly realised I clicked the wrong connection, so it appears in your first post as well! O well!)

My Light

Enjoy!

32. Brad Frederiksen - July 8, 2008

Hi all. Here’s mine.

http://maekitso.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/a-sunset-oyster-reveals-her-pearl/

Hope to see you there.

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35. Pam - July 8, 2008

Here is my offering:

Fjord Light

36. Mad Kane - July 8, 2008

Does “lite” count? I used it in a political limerick: Dear Obama

37. jillypoet - July 9, 2008

Late to the party, but I brought lanterns (in the form of cats’ eyes…)

http://jillypoet.blogspot.com/2008/07/shed-your-skin-only-when-you-see-light.html

38. jorc709 - July 14, 2008

my first appearance…

http://gameover709.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/climb/

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