get your poem on #21
by Deb Scott
It’s post time at Read Write Poem, this week about aunts you have know, or others – familiar or unfamiliar.
Or maybe you wrote about something else entirely. We care less about what got you started than reading what you wrote. Actually, we do like to hear what got you started. We like all things poetry-related, and then some.
So Get Your Poem On! (One link per comment please, so you don’t get stuck in the spam filter.) And enjoy another week of original work by this poetry clan. Check back through the week as folks add links and look for a new column Thursday.
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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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Thanks very much for the inspiration. Here’s my Crazy Aunts.
I wrote this one:
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/04/aunt.html
Here’s mine called Aunt Ada:
http://brokeness.blogspot.com/2008/04/napowrimo-2.html
I’ve written about aunts before. Here’s another poem on a different subject:
http://pipssqueaks.blogspot.com/2008/04/napowrimo-7-healing.html
i did so enjoy this one.. at first i just couldnt imagine what to write about… and then it hit me….
we do in fact have a strange old bird in the family…..
I wrote about the Greatest aunt in the Universe! Guess who!
Wicked Witch
I’m really looking forward to reading about everyone’s aunts. Here’s mine:
Visiting Crystal
I had to go to a funeral out-of-town at the end of last week so didn’t check the prompt for this week until yesterday. I was tickled to see that it was “aunt” because I had just written a poem while visiting and talking with my Aunt Dotty.
whoops…i posted in the wrong place…
here is my poem for aunts…
http://itsacanadiangeek.blogspot.com/2008/04/post-poem-april-seven-aunts.html
Fun prompt! Aunt Nancy’s paddle
I didn’t post an aunt poem — but this is my favorite so far of my NaPoWriMo poems: What’s In My Journal
And — I’ve made a list of prompts for NaPoWriMo, and am posting links to the poems made from them, here: NaPoWriMo Prompts
I wrote about my grandmother, Midge. Deb, I enjoyed the links to all the poems about aunts your provided.
My Grandma Midge
This is a new one, fresh from last Thursday! While not an aunt, he is small and familiar–I wrote about my son and the
“Preschool Share Day Blues”
http://artpredator.wordpress.com
Here is mine for today… aunts of a different sort!
http://reginaclarejane.livejournal.com/55937.html
So nice to see everyone again!
here’s mine, inspired by the tradition of my mom and her sisters making homemade tortellinis for all the holidays.
love knots
Here’s one not about aunts specifically, but about family. Sort of.
http://amwpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/belated-napowrimo-day-5.html
Like T.S. Eliot, I also have an Aunt Helyn, except that she’s spelled differently.
http://melstra.livejournal.com/160272.html
You’ll never believe what I found in the attic . . . and what happened to my dear Aunt Mae.
http://nickersandinkblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/caught-to-quick-rhymed-retelling-of.html
Blessings all,
Linda
Nickers and Ink
Giver
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Aunt
Hello, all. Here’s my poem “I See My Aunt” at http://bethandwriting.blogspot.com/ Thanks for posting the idea. I’m trying to write a poem a day for NaPoWriMo, and it’s good to be a part of this community too. Hi from Bluebethley
http://seashelllz.livejournal.com/97069.html
it’s my first time at readwritepoem
here’s my Aunt poem…
“Mt Auntie Em and Uncle Doyle lived in a big white farmhouse…”
done did it!! Love everyone’s works. AnnieH
http://www.tidingsofmagpies.blogspot.com
Just a seedling of an “aunt” poem:
“mother’s baby sister”
Not an ‘aunt’ poem, just my 10th NaPoWriMo entry:
http://moodsandmetaphors.blogspot.com/2008/04/lavender-carnation.html
Here’s one from a Writers in the Schools student called “Aunt Ida’s House.”
http://witsblog.org/2007/06/05/aunt-idas-house/
I wasn’t going to use this yet, because it could also be a Thanksgiving Poem as well. But you guys are worth it.
One of these days, I’ll actually use the prompt! Here’s my latest:
http://bluehairedmary.tripod.com/blog/index.blog/1805639/another-april-poem/
I’d love any feedback!