get your poem on #10
by Tom Adam
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Wear it loud, wear it proud! Display the Read Write Poem badge on your site. Just click here or on the image above to get the code! read write poem news- yes, yes, here’s another virtual book tour stop for ‘a walk through the memory palace’
February 6, 2010 | 11:37 amFind the latest tour stop for Pamela Johnson Parker’s debut collection, A Walk Through the Memory Palace at Jillypoet, Jill Crammond Wickham’s blog, where you can find an interview with Pamela that discusses how she creates manuscripts.
Previous stops include Daniel Romo at his blog, Peyote Soliloquies and James Brush at his blog, Coyote Mercury.
You can find all our plans for the tour here.
- the best of the web is in our ranks
February 6, 2010 | 11:35 amSarah J. Sloat’s poem,”Attending the Tasting” (published in The Literary Bohemian) has been selected for Best of the Web 2010. Congratulations, Sarah!
- another (w00t!) read write poem member on the joe milford poetry show
February 6, 2010 | 11:34 amOn the Joe Milford Poetry Show tomorrow (Feb. 6): W.F. Roby at 9 AM (PST). Find the show here!
Joe describes Will as a “great language poet and bad-ass.”
- ‘literary podcasting made simple with wordpress.com’
February 6, 2010 | 11:33 amDave Bonta has published a how-to article that might be of interest to WordPress users: “Literary Podcasting Made Simple with WordPress.com,” based on his and Beth Adams’ experience at Qarrtsiluni.
Thanks, Dave, for continuing to help make the community aware of technological resources that can expand our art.
- the latest (virtual) book tour stop for ‘a walk through the memory palace’
February 3, 2010 | 3:53 pmThe latest tour stop has been posted for Pamela Johnson Parker’s debut collection, A Walk Through the Memory Palace. Find out how Daniel Romo responded to the work at his blog, Peyote Soliloquies.
James Brush provided our first tour stop at his blog, Coyote Mercury.
You can find all our plans for the tour here.
- planning for napowrimo in april, and you are invited!
February 2, 2010 | 6:12 pmHello, hello dear Read Write Poem community members! We are in the planning stages for NaPoWriMo. (What? Is that a groan I hear, or an excited exclamation?)
We are planning another prompt-every-day for those folks who love to write a daily poem in April (which is, as most of you know, National Poetry Month in the United States — although there is an international following of writing poetry every day in April, too, so it is not just about the States).
Anyway! This is a call for prompts because we want to run your ideas, one every day, in April. So here’s what to do:
- Prompts must be no more than 250 words, and we will take the first 30 that we receive.
- Include “NaPoWriMo Prompt” in the subject line of your email as well as your username (e.g., the name you use when you log in) so we can match you up with your prompt and give you the link love.
- Email your submission (in the body of the email — no attachments please) to prompts (at) readwritepoem (dot) org!
We’ll let you know when we’ve got the 30, but don’t delay because it takes a lot of time to format the posts and we want to be ready come April Fools’ Day. Woohoo!
- new senior contributors at read write poem
February 2, 2010 | 11:51 amWe are thrilled to announce that Ren Powell and Dave Jarecki are moving into the senior contributor role at Read Write Poem. Both have been writing feverishly for the site, as well as providing ideas for content and for the community as a whole. In short, they make this site a more lively, and better, place.
Ren and Dave will fill the roles vacated by Carolee Sherwood and Jill Crammond Wickham, who have moved into the manager role.
Everyone please thank Ren and Dave for their hard work and commitment to Read Write Poem.
- rounding out the virtual book tour of sarah j. sloat’s ‘in the voice of a minor saint’
January 31, 2010 | 1:53 pmOur last stop on the Virtual Book Tour of Sarah J. Sloat’s In the Voice of a Minor Saint is with Ren Powell. Find Ren’s review at More Babel.
Joseph Harker provided our first stop in December, and you can find David Moolten’s review at Edible Detritus. David’s was followed by Dave Jarecki’s. Dave’s review is at his blog. Find Jill Crammond Wickham’s at Jillypoet: Mom Trying to Write.
In case you missed the introduction, we are (virtually) hosting Sarah J. Sloat’s In the Voice of a Minor Saint. For complete tour information, such as how you can get your own copy of the collection or how you can get involved in future tours, read this post.
- make your own book: get off the computer and onto the paper
January 30, 2010 | 4:19 pmBeth Adams has posted her latest project at The Cassandra Pages. “A Handmade Book” may not explicate all the details of bookbinding, but Beth shows readers the “Secret Belgian Binding.” It’s a beautiful as well as inspiring post.
If you would like more detailed instructions, Google “secret Belgian bookbinding” and find sites such as this one. Or look for a local book arts class for hands-on instruction.
As Beth says, ” … it did me good to get away from the computer and feel my hands at work!”
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That was a great prompt, Tom. It made me think about the style I tend to write in. I didn’t come to any clear conclusions, but think I will ponder it further. Thanks!
Here’s what I came up with.
I left one of each.
http://knockingfrominside.blogspot.com/2008/01/literal-and-figurative-poetry.html
I haven’t written anything of my own this week, but I have a tribute to New Zealand poet Hone Tuwhare, and a small poetic giveaway on my site this week, so if you would like to win something, hop on over to my Two Part Poetry Post
I didn’t do the prompt, though its certainly given me plenty to think about. Here is a poem that more or less fits the theme though:
http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2006/02/cultural-inheritance-of-my.html
Once I started it, words sorted themselves out.
bottled
i honestly do not think i strayed that far from my original style here,, but i tried the use of more tangible metaphors…. i don’t know… let me know what you think….
“backstabber”
deb, i am wondering if you could enable comment notification on this post so that we could be emailed when new entries become available.. i think it might strengthen our community interaction…..
Oh, I went for the random prompt generated on my last visit…
Turning
As someone who wallows around in a range of styles, I’m not sure where this one falls. Fits the theme, though, more or less…
http://patteran.typepad.com
Thinking about concrete versus figurative language challenged me to no end. I tried to use the metaphorical approach, although I think I have a ways to go in stretching my imagination. Thanks, Tom.
Three doors
PS: Paisley, in Blogger you have the option for email updates. In Wordpress, there’s a button called “my comments” that allows you to see responses to any comments you’ve made on other Wordpress blogs. As far as I know, you need to come back to the website to check in for additional comments if you don’t have a wordpress blog, which is what I do.
If I find out another way, I’ll post it here. I’m self-taught too. I think in blogging we all are!
paisley & Christine (& other interested parties):
I’ve checked the control panel for this site and don’t see an easy add. But I will keep looking. (I am self-taught, too. So be patient.
I am lucky Dana set up this lovely site. Most of the time I am trying to just not break it.)
Combined with my Sunday Scribblings this week….and covers last week theme as well.
http://wannabeawritersomeday.blogspot.com/2008/01/metaphorically-traveling-sunday.html
I tried to use both poems as separate prompts, just for the feel of what would come of it, leading to two poems, you can guess which goes to which:
Just Keep Giving
http://thebadpoetsociety.blogspot.com/2008/01/gift.html
Bad Poet Society: Just Keep Giving
And:
Two Sisters of the Livingroom
http://thebadpoetsociety.blogspot.com/2008/01/two-sisters-of-livingroom.html
Bad Poet Society: Two Sisters of the Livingroom
Here’s mine.
Nod to Shelly
Second try:
http://blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com/2008/01/draft_9212.html
To get the comments to this blog via email, anyone can run the comments feed through Feedblitz.com. Deb, there are also WordPress plugins that will do what paisley is requesting: allow people to get email updates for specific posts. See http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/comments
I’m in. A good exercise in quieting my expository demon
http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#7651689895332157156
This one isn’t ‘done’ yet — I tried a sonnet, but seem to have lost my knack for iambic. C&C is welcome: Ephemeral Sonnet
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