get your poem on #11
by Christine Swint
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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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a lame attempt, but fits I hope
http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/01/overheard.html
This one has a political slant:
Not just politics as usual? It’s a political fib.
Here’s mine:
http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#3484735406536283144
This was fun- mine is silly:
http://stoneymoss.blogspot.com/2008/01/inspiration-from-odd-places.html
i had wanted to try this form for some time,, so this was a perfect opportunity to do so….
“olive tree”
thanks for the comment notification… i really will be able to keep much better track of the entrants now….
I had fun writing this:
poking angles
I included geometry in my poem, the only advanced math beyond arithmetic I sort of understood!
a circle
i have a “free write list poem” posted here. it’s about fear and it includes some math, which is scary for me. no password needed on this one b/c it’s just a free write.
i had plans to really work this prompt because the relationship between math and language (and science and language) really inspires me but a year or so ago, i had written a piece about trigonometry and i couldn’t get that one out of my head to start a new one. considering the slim pickings in my brain these days in terms of motivation — and beating myself up about not being motivated — i decided something was better than nothing!
Posted this one for Poetry Thursday way back when; it’s still apropos.
Cartesian Sky
Well. This one got me going. How many poems is this?
what equals metaphor plus math?
And — having finally learned to not try to post more than one link per comment — this is just for fun: a Real Writer’s Certificate and a Poetic License: I am a Real Writer & I can prove it
HREF=”http://winedarksea.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/5/”>#5.
#5
Our school has block scheduling so we get all new kids half way through the year and that is this week. I’d much rather write something new but just can’t find the time right now. Can’t wait to get back on track! In the mean time, here’s a villanelle I wrote last year.
My entry
Technomania
it’s me,,, thorn in your side… i checked the box and did not receive any comments… its is ok… i will just shut up and do this the way it was originally planned to be done… you are a doll for trying…..
I’ll repost my earlier post.
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I wrote a strange poem. Everything is a rough draft for me, so I wouldn’t be surprised, if it was radically different sometime in the future.
http://noahthegreat.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/pathways/
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This prompt was well-timed for me! I wrote a poem called Gematria.
much more difficult then first anticipated. not perfect but worthwhile…
http://diatribalarts.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/her-hands-are-cold/
I think this is appropriate: 11.27 does not equal 12
For me, math is the impossible (I’m an artist, is my excuse…). From the impossible, I wrote June Cleaver Makes Much of Winter
Comments & critique welcome!
This prompt led me down memory lane.
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/01/math-poem.html
Honestly, mathematics does nothing for me but this incident was too priceless to pass up…and it involves numbers!
here
This is an old one, but it fits the prompt surprisingly well.
http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2008/01/poetry-of-logical-ideas.html
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cat based on Wallace Stevens Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird. I have decided that the way for me to learn poetry is to study and imitate poems one by one. This just happened to fit with this prompt to some degree.