get your poem on #15
by Carolee Sherwood
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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!
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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.
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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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My link isn’t to a poem (as inspiring as Carolee’s prompt was) but to a reading I went to this past week (Li-Young Lee, lucky me) and thoughts around that experience.
Li-Young Lee and the dying breath.
this too, a kind of weather I hope, one that fits the prompt, I hope
http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/02/natures-passion.html
This prompt inspired a little celebration of warmer weather…
After Winter’s Thousand Days
Thanks for the prompt. It inspired Weathering The Weather.
Treacherous Season
mine:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/02/coiled-and-cocooned.html
Brought back some nice memories while writing this poem
http://anura.blogspot.com/2008/02/surprise-gift.html
Today I posted an old poem about clouds, so it is weather really: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/02/mother-of-pearl-clouds.html
I look forward to reading everyone elses!
and last week I posted a new poem about the lunar weather and the eclipse:
http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/02/eclipsed.html
An oldie, but about the weather, yes. Beginning a poem.
I hope to be back writing more. For now, work isn’t letting me.
A little something about the weather. Enjoy.
http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/the-weather
http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/frightful/
A poem called “Rained Out” in which we express our frustrations with weather forecasts.
i had a great time with this one.. i combined it with friday five and the words were perfect!!
lost in the storm
well, a frozen weather (just missing the snow and Japan)
http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/02/frozen.html
this loosely has to do with weather.
http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/02/sorrow-day-sky-went-away-my-heart.html
Lunar eclipse
http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2008/02/readwritepoem-l.html
It’s cold again…sniff…
http://codyisamazing.blogspot.com/2008/02/hope-departed-new-warmth-withers-chill.html
Sometimes my marriage surprises me and is just like the weather. That’s what happened on this day last fall.
here
This week, you gave me two prompts in one: weather and character. I’ve never gotten to see Helena (in A Midsummer Night’s Dream) played like a full-blooded woman, but I know people who have.
Fun with thunderstorms here.
A brief one; winter has been on my mind a lot lately.
http://amwpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/02/readwritepoem-weather.html
This is a fantasy fable, more of a story than a poem, but not quite a story either.
The fable of Octavia’s harp
I got floored by a quote in the NY Times, and though there are some places you hate to go, sometimes you just have to…
EAT OR STAY WARM
Here’s something that came to me today:
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/02/weather-emporium.html
And for those who are interested, I finally finished this poem in response to a meme to describe myself in 10 stanzas:
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-10.html
I am here. The weather is in “the eye.” A true story.
http://myunclepepeksjournal.blogspot.com/2008/02/wi-wrp-one-for-two.html
It’s funny how mine totally isn’t about weather.
Hurricanes
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Here’s mine, for those who don’t check pingbacks: The claw.
This one isn’t a weather poem, but after reading deb’s post I decided to record “birds fly gaga in her head” because of all the alliteration. It’s an abecedarius.
http://mariacristina.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/the-fable-of-octavias-harp/
Oops! That’s a link to a recording of the poem I already posted. Here’s a link to the abecedarius-
Birds fly gaga in her head
promise of crocuses
here is mine, still a work in progress I think
http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/02/prompt-weather.html
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Something written eons ago. Simple but apropos.
at sunset
Harsh weather! #3
Here’s mine, about the electrifying effect of the thunderstorm on the soul.
http://caryrant.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/read-write-poem-15-storm-front-moving-in/