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get your poem on #26

32 Comments Published by Blythe May 12th, 2008 in Blythe, Get Your Poem On.

From now until midnight one week from today, comments on this post will be open, so you can leave a permalink to your blog post for this week’s contribution, about mothers or any other topic that inspired you this week. We’re not picky, we’re just happy you came by. Probably just like a mom would [...]

read write prompt #26: are you my mother?

5 Comments Published by Blythe May 7th, 2008 in Blythe, Read Write Prompt.

It’s the time of year when the earth blooms with warmth and color, baby robins crack through eggshells to naively take on the world, and Hollywood moms proudly strut about to reveal their winter-night-born love-bumps. And the American greeting card industry is counting on us all to send our mothers a card.
I resisted making [...]

get your poem on #19

25 Comments Published by Blythe March 24th, 2008 in Blythe, Get Your Poem On.

From now until midnight one week from today, comments on this post will be open, so you can leave a permalink to your blog post for this week’s contribution.
Be sure to check back through the week and see what others have written in response to ideas about garbage- or other environmental issues: Read Write Poem!
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read write prompt #19: go green!

14 Comments Published by Blythe March 19th, 2008 in Blythe, Read Write Prompt.

As Juliet mentioned on Monday, this Friday - March 21 -  is World Poetry Day.

So I thought we could all take some time to go green this week. Laud the beauty of nature, decry the ruin of the earth, or simply ponder all the things we throw away and ask yourself this fundamental question: what is [...]

get your poem on #13

28 Comments Published by Blythe February 11th, 2008 in Blythe, Get Your Poem On.

From now until midnight one week from today, comments on this post will be open, so you can leave a permalink to your blog post for this week’s contribution.
Be sure to check back through the week and see what others have written in response to ideas about sacrifice- or inspirations from other sources: Read Write [...]

read write prompt #13: no pain, no gain (sacrifice in poetry)

6 Comments Published by Blythe February 6th, 2008 in Blythe, Read Write Prompt.

Today marks the beginning of Lent for Christians around the world. It is a forty-day season of fasting and prayer in preparation for Easter.
I was raised in a family that did not take much notice of Lent; I associate this time of year with various fish promotions at the local fast food joints. (Even though [...]

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!!).

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RANDOM PROMPTS

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RANDOM WRITING TIP

Stay grounded in detail. When you write, allow as much detail as possible into your poem. You can always cut back later. Try to build a poem in which the details do all the work.



RANDOM READING TIP

Reading poetry is better with a partner! Find a friend (online or in person) who has different poetry taste than your own and trade favorite poetry books with them. Not only will you learn more about your friend, you’ll learn more about the diversity of poetic styles.



RANDOM COLLABORATING TIP

Put together a group of words you like, and send it to a collaborator with instructions to use those words in a poem.


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