get your poem on #12
by Juliet Wilson
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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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Here’s magic clad in Indian wear -
http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-skin.html
Sometimes these prompts bring out something surprising: Make the Woman
I didn’t think much of mine, but here it is:
http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#2365840100952668521
Here is my contribution. Silly but sometimes silly is what we need.
Clothes
Goodwill
I didn’t expect the direction this prompt took me, but it was cathartic, after watching a dear friend struggling with her health, earlier this week:
http://chicklegirl.blogspot.com/2008/02/waiting-for-charon.html
Mine is kind of narcisistic!
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/02/one-day-in-life-of-sari.html
I’ve posted a poem mentioning clothes on Crafty Green Poet:
http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/02/drought.html
I’ve also posted a poem mentioning clothes on Over Forty Shades (my Alter Ego blog):
http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/02/heirloom.html
I really look forward to visiting everyone and seeing how you’ve all interpreted the prompt!
The pantry mentions undoing clothes.
This one has a beautiful white dress in it. Your drought poem is fantastic, Juliet.
http://gingatao.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/dada-diddle-diddle/
I couldn’t make up my mind which of a few directions to go, so I wrote 3!
Here’s the first:
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-parka.html
Here’s the 2nd one:
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/02/costumes.html
And last but not least:
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/02/gloves.html
Thanks for letting me indulge.
Here’s mine, a moment where clothes mattered (laughing)
http://florescence.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/flanked/
Here is mine. Not completely thrilled about it, but I like it enough to share.
http://amwpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/02/poem-for-readwritepoem.html
Thank you for the prompt, which I *barely* followed.
http://www.9to5poet.com/2008/02/oh-my-god-i-actually-wrote-poem.html
Fun stuff, Juliet!
http://mariacristina.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/time-for-a-new-dress/
I’m still thinking on the clothes. I tend to be last to the finish line. In the meantime, I recently wrote this:
http://blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com/2008/02/draft.html
here’s one about a lost love
http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/01/someday.html
I’m stuck in revisiting old pieces. In the meantime, I’m looking for inspiration in rwp members’ works. here’s a work when I read it I still smile. This one is autobiographical.
http://blackeyedsusans.blogspot.com/2008/02/draft_04.html
Not a poem — an invitation: Introduce Yourself! at Watermark, with a few poetry-related questions, for those who choose to answer them.
I know that many of you go in to read the poems, and right out again — this is an opportunity for Watermark readers to meet each other.
Had a perfectly horrible day. Woke up to find a snow machine sticking out of the side of our porch and parts of my husband’s truck scattered all over the yard. Then insurance issues arose. I won’t bore you with the details, but it was my fault. So, taking some time to relax and write this really helped.
Again, thanks for continuing this site and giving us a place to escape to!
(My husband just called and said he’s all calmed down, now, and the insurance issues are, more or less, resolved. Phew!)
My entry
Hi, I’ve posted a little piece about the Oxfam shop.
http://sewina.blogspot.com/2008/02/rwp-clothes.html
http://noahthegreat.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/why-wait/
i am so not into clothes it is a shame… so i came dressed as “miss doom and gloom”… imagine that……
http://justpaisley.why-paisley.com/?p=418
Here’s my poem:Ties To Cold Mornings Passed, a strange take on the (very enjoyable) prompt. Thanks, Juliet!
Here’s mine.
This is my first time to share a piece here at RWP. It’s very much a first draft, but I’m glad to be here! Thanks for the great prompt, Juliet.
Dressed to kill — Reaper Groom (murder mystery).
Written last May, but fits the prompt.
http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2007/05/growth-and-progress.html
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i don’t have any clothes on this week — hee hee — but i wanted to stop by and say hi to the large number of people who came by with poems. it’s great to see everyone.
Here’s is mine, it’s my first for the group. This is just the sort of group I was hoping to find. I’m looking forward to reading everyone’s work.
http://caryrant.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/read-write-poem-12-clothes/
I had all sorts of ideas about clothes poems. This is a really great prompt! But winter has me in a funk. Still, in the end, the clothes appeared. Comments & critique always welcome!
Dressing the Black Dog
In case anyone’s still checking: Golden eagle with transmitter.
I see jillypoet’s link doesn’t work. It’s
http://jillypoet.blogspot.com/2008/02/youve-heard-of-black-dog.html
I haven’t written anything new, but here is one I prepared earlier:
Girl in a Ballgown
Thanks, Dave!
[...] For the Read Write Poem prompt on dressing up. Links to other responses are gathered here. [...]
well, i just saw this site. i havent written new poems since my muse is on a permanent vacation.
but i thought of sharing this one, because i thought, poetry is sometimes clothe d with allusion
http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/05/explored.html
Here’s my contribution: Protection
…deb -
You are most welcome for the mention! Here at Writer’s Island we feel there are several interesting blogs that provide good prompts, and I want to make certain the islanders are aware of them — because you can never do too much writing…
We invite you back to the island again soon …deb — and anyone else who loves to write for the sheer pleasure of it, all forms, and who seek prompts to inspire them.
Rob Kistner
Moderator