get your poem on #46

Were you inspired this week? Did you find or create your own version of dervishes and wine odes? Did the prompt move you in an unexpected way?

Tell us. Leave us a link in the comments below to your blog. Or leave several comments (if you have more than one link to share) if you were spinning and singing to the four winds. Or four points. Or more.

Oh please try to check other’s work if you can this week. It will help the community foster that community vibe, and it will surely expose you to some interesting work.

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1. Brian - October 2, 2008

http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/the-simple-truth/

“Dung betwixt thine ears”

A poem about the chasm between young and old and the lessons never forgotten versus rarely learned. The very last line of this poem is based on how I feel when I think of the Beloved.

2. Donald Harbour - October 2, 2008

Ren, I just could not get into dervishes (writing in a Sufi meter made me dizzy) so to keep in the spirit (no pun intended) and metaphysical (pun intended) here is “Unanswered”.

3. Philip Thrift - October 2, 2008

On a

Tapestry of Devotion.

4. thepoetrycollaborative.org » Blog Archive » group revision: the juke box needle hovers over ‘could we start again please’ from the jesus christ superstar soundtrack - October 2, 2008

[...] sharing this group revision as part of our contribution to Read Write Poem this week. Series Navigation«la pareja, skating marriage posted under dana, nathan, — [...]

5. Sweet Talking Guy.. - October 2, 2008

Okay, I don’t think that this is written to the prompt but it was certainly inspired by and written for the prompt.

http://sewina.blogspot.com/2008/10/goddess-of-love-she-is-my-meditation.html

6. Nathan - October 2, 2008

Dana and I did a collaborative piece this week. Here’s the link to her site: The juke box needle hovers.

7. Nathan - October 2, 2008

And here’s the link to the poem at my place: The juke box needle hovers.

8. Christine - October 2, 2008

Here’s one I wrote last night.

Lunar eclipse

9. Nicole Nicholson - October 2, 2008

And here’s my offering for this week:

Hallelujah

-Nicole

10. Annamari - October 2, 2008

A poem about the Sufi and his wine, it had to be Khayyam.
Was Khayyam a Sufi?
some will say yes, so here is mine:
http://amidweststory.blogspot.com/2008/10/readwritepoem-46-sufi-his-wine-and-your.html

11. Catherine - October 2, 2008

I didn’t write a poem this week, but I have been writing poetry-related posts all week (and hope to continue for a few more days), so please come and check it out at
http://poetrychook.blogspot.com
(Not a permalink since there are several posts)

12. Tiel Aisha Ansari - October 2, 2008

DJ God

13. Carolee - October 2, 2008

my prayer poem is here.

14. Josephine - October 2, 2008

I love Rumi but was a little rushed this week, but I’ll definitely be trying this one on and off over the next couple months.

Here’s my poem.

15. artpredator - October 2, 2008

http://artpredator.wordpress.com

16. gautami tripathy - October 2, 2008

I have not been able to write anything for a long time now. This came out of nowhere:

http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/10/locked-in-attic.html

17. Crafty Green Poet - October 3, 2008

Here’s mine, i couldn’t get on the site last night to leave my link:

http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/10/bees-knees.html

18. artpredator - October 4, 2008

this one came to me in a dream…

http://artpredator.wordpress.com

19. artpredator - October 4, 2008

btw, i’ve had some challenges posting comments on non-wordpress blogs, esp if i haven’t posted there before and if they have those verification codes. this has happened about 3 times to blogs here i’ve tried to comment on (i am trying now to remember which ones–philip thrifts was one i think and maybe annamari?) anyway, i apologize and will try again.

20. renkat - October 5, 2008

now that things are working. . . this is my rather cynical view: http://renspoetrypage.blogspot.com/2008/10/rwp-and-part-of-passage-manque.html


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