get your poem on #17
by Christine Swint
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get the read write poem badge! 
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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Got it. Now I’m going to bed. Perchance to dream.
Tiger
perfect! it’s national sleep week–i even posted tips about sleeping better! more sleep=more dreams=more dream poems! in fact, i have been blogging recently about dreams and night terrors and posted several poems inspired by it. the prompts look fun and i look forward to seeing what new pops up!
thanks, Tiel, for suggesting I check this out!
I’m in!
http://koshtra.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html#4995359388268156463
Here’s something rather experimental from me…
http://stoneymoss.blogspot.com/2008/03/scenes-from-dream.html
Two from me this week; this prompt inspired more than I expected:
Dreamless and Bête Noire
well, a different kind of dream
http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/03/dream-house.html
Here is mine:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/03/nowhereland-becomes-neverland.html
Here’s my dream poem on Over Forty Shades (my Alter Ego blog):
http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/03/gypsy-dancehall.html
I’ll be back in a while with a poem on Crafty Green poet!
Birdwatcher’s dreams:http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2006/02/dream-birds.html
Sorry, I’ll press the space bar this time:
Birdwatcher’s dreams: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2006/02/dream-birds.html
Who’s this in your dreams?
Dream Man
Here’s mine
The Perfect Dream
Dreamspeak
Hello everyone. This is my first time here. The prompt really moved me.
Hope you like my first outing.
my poem
much thanks for having me.
love-bd
P.S. How do I get the whole link to my poem to appear as others have?
I used my own code to link my poem
much thanks, bd
here it tis
http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/03/read-write-poem-prompt_06.html
http://dewyknickers.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/reality-intrudes/
Three American Sentences.
Rose
xo
I’m excited about reading all these poems. I didn’t know it was national sleep week…did you, deb? Synchronicity….
metaphysical babies
mine is about the reality than the dream
sleep no more
Its my first visit to the site and thought I’d give it a shot…appreciate any comments.
Hello everyone,
Here is my quatrain, based on the tarot card portion of the prompt:
Three of Swords
A dream terza rima from me…
seas of dreams
I have a lot of dream-based poems. Here’s an example of one (about a year old)
http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2007/06/passing-through.html
But this is my most recent writing, about not writing and what it feels like to start again.
http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2008/03/learning-to-breathe.html
Hi art predator, bd, and laurence! Welcome. Glad you’re here.
BD – I’ll send you an email. My tries at explaing come up weird on the comment and won’t be helpful. Sometimes my Bogger make a link button works, and sometimes it doesn’t but I can send you the format and you can cut and paste.
Rose! Hello!
Christine, I had no idea it was sleep week, synchronicity indeed. Serendipity, too. Confluence? How fun is this? I should add a tag to your post for that category!
Nice to see you all here. Happy Poetry Monday.
Thanks, again, for this helpful and necessary site! I love al the extras every week and appreciate all the work involved!
Here’s mine:
Dreams
Here’s mine: Dreams of Opera.
Fun prompt, Christine!
[...] is inspired by readwritepoem’s prompt of “dreams” – for other people’s work on the same topic, click here . I initially found the topic a bit difficult, because I rarely remember my dreams, but then decided [...]
This one gets mixed reactions. (Don’t mind the endless dramallama.)
One moment of happiness
Thanks, Linda! That was a nice comment to read, and I am sure everyone here appreciates it!
~deb
My dreams have been elusive lately, but the moon comes out at night, same as dreams, right?
Give Me a Moon Story
I don’t remember my dreams, which led me to this.
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/03/dreams.html
Great site…trying to link to another poem about the powwr of dreams..
http://semi-retired.livejournal.com/22799.html
I thought this club was gone but I’m thrilled it isn’t. My contribution is a vision/dream that changed my life.
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/2008/03/read-write-poem-dream.html
Thanks
Tammy
Not a dream poem, but my latest offering. I guess in a way it could relate to dreams because my mom believed she would reincarnate as a bird. I’ve had dreams about that before.
Two Years Since
can’t imagine how the link i left only showed my dream of a child–sweet dream that he is–and not the link to my blog!!
stange strange and stranger–dreamlike even!
try http://artpredator.wordpress.com
to check out my dream posts!
this also explains the unusual surge in my stats for this image!
this is for jillypoet because I couldn’t post comments on her blog–i’m on wordpress and she has to do somehting so none google blogger types can comment…
this is a fun read!
i know moms who still dance naked in the full moon (in the house or the deck but sometimes out in nature too! yep, you guessed it, i’m one of them!)
use the blog to write about your hopes and hears for your son. you will also find other blogs and communities to help you and support you. there’s an amazing wordpress blog by a woman in the UK with an autistic son. or start a new one which charts the new course of your life
my read write dream poem that i’m going to psot today addresses a mother’s greatest fear–the death of her child…and not having protected him/her form a threat
hope you’ll check it out–i should have it done and posted later today, Friday.
http://artpredator.wordpress.com
My dream poem!
http://codyisamazing.blogspot.com/2008/03/at-table.html
http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/03/dreams.html
my second one (brand new) is up!
http://artpredator.wordpress.com