get your poem on #59

So how did you do with your title collage? It’s time for us to show what we made from the experience. As usual with our collaborative prompts, it wouldn’t hurt if everyone left a few words about what they did along with the link to their work. Was it fun, hard, invigorating, frustrating? Did you use the words as is, did you edit a lot? (It’s all good — it is your poem, now!)

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Posted by Nathan on 01.01.2009 at 12:01 am
Posted Under: Get Your Poem On, Nathan

1. angie - January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!

I used a different photo by Tres for readwriteimage#6. Once I flipped through the sets, this one–taka–really stuck in my head.

http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2008/12/calm.html

2. angie - January 1, 2009

and poem number two:

I really enjoyed the title collage!
I used all the titles with just a wee bit of editing and I added a few words. It all flowed together pretty well. I even got to throw in a little bit of humor, so it’s all good!

http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2008/12/rwp-title-collage.html

3. A~Lotus - January 1, 2009

Here’s my collage:

http://alotus-poetry.livejournal.com/52278.html

4. A~Lotus - January 1, 2009

Happy new year to everyone! :)

5. Jeeves - January 1, 2009

This one is for readwriteimage#6

http://poemsotherwise.blogspot.com/2008/12/reviving-chaotic-bliss-of-bloated.html

6. Carole - January 1, 2009

I used a different image by Tres too.

a world in shadows

Happy New Year!from little old England! :)

7. Philip Thrift - January 1, 2009

Peace Haven Barber Shop, 1959

for image prompt #6

8. Sweet Talking Guy.. - January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!
Here’s one for the image prompt:

http://sewina.blogspot.com/2008/12/secret-seat-slippy-scarlet-seat-sleeps.html

I’ll be back later to read all your stuff!!!

9. gautami tripathy - January 1, 2009

I had real fun with the title collage!

Look forward to read all others.

Here is mine:

http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/12/with-glimmer-of-passion-with-sweet-wish.html

10. Deb - January 1, 2009

I collaged as well: http://stoneymoss.org/2008/12/31/collaborative-poetry-title-chop-suey/

It’s raw, and could use a lot of tweaking. I used all the words as a challenge, except for a bunch of ofs and little guys.

I am always surprised how much I like playing with words this way.

11. Rachel Green - January 1, 2009

The picture:
http://tinyurl.com/9bf6sb

and the titles prompt:
http://tinyurl.com/93rzxn

12. Cynthia Huddleston - January 1, 2009

Mine is a poem from my series inspired by names of bit players at the end of movies. This one was found after Wilde.

Doorman at the Cadogan

13. Kristen McHenry - January 1, 2009

The title collage poem was really fun to do!

http://thegoodtypist.blogspot.com/

14. Annamari - January 1, 2009

here is mine:Anaïs: Title collage (Readwritepoem#59)

my 14th RWP contribution and the 14th post

15. tom - January 1, 2009

Here we go: http://fallenverses.org/2009/01/01/essential-colours-a-read-write-poem/

16. rob kistner - January 2, 2009

memories of a good man - SpitShine

17. Carole - January 2, 2009

I’ve now had a go at the collage. Here is my tongue-in-cheek attempt:

the ultimate post-modern pastiche

P.S. Wordpress is playing up and the layout is not exactly as I would have wished.

18. Tiel Aisha Ansari - January 2, 2009

This is for the image prompt: Shoeshine Blues

19. rob kistner - January 2, 2009

memories slipping away - Bones of Recall

20. Sweet Talking Guy.. - January 2, 2009

For the collage prompt I rearranged the given titles into American sentences:

http://sewina.blogspot.com/2009/01/rwp-59-collage.html

21. sister AE - January 4, 2009

I wrote this last week but just now got it up on my blog - for the Read Write Image:

http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2009/01/shoeshine-assumptions.html

22. sister AE - January 4, 2009

I decided to refer to my poem title effort as a “word painting” with the words rearranged into phrases I like today.

http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2009/01/word-painting-for-read-write-poem.html

Can’t wait to catch up on what the rest of you did.

23. Art Predator - January 5, 2009

i am impressed with some of the title poems i’ve seen around based on this prompt! (i’m also looking forward to reading people’s goals!)

i have 17 American sentences to share which I drafted at Joshua Tree NP over the past few days and revised last night and this morning:

http://artpredator.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/new-years-joshua-tree-17-american-sentences-american-desert/

happy new year’s everyone!

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