get your poem on #23
by Christine Swint
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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!
- 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.
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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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I wrote these a while back, but they’re so appropriate for this prompt I couldn’t resist.
Oil and Salt
For me the contrast was love/hate and Little Brian and Sable wanted a go.
http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/soul/
how does a parent feel when his child leave the world first than him?
http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/04/room-for-rent.html
an interesting prompt…
poem
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Edit added by Deb: That was weird. Rob was right. So I changed the link to Wine Dark Sea’s poem – I hope it is the right one…I have no idea what happened there!
Some how my first post got messed up with a Wine-Dark Sea post, and the link corrupted??
Contrasting Perspective
Here is my effort.
It’s a bit odd, but wanted to try something different.
Fire and Rain
Gemma
I followed the prompt pretty strictly and this is what I came up with… thanks for a very interesting poetic device!
http://reginaclarejane.livejournal.com/59536.html
Here’s mine.Fractured love Thanks for playing along with something experimental!
Today’s post include the prompt: Vinegar and Olive oil.
http://rscocoloco.blogspot.com
I offer this:
sweetly soured
Christine! I loved. loved this prompt! It is just the thing I needed to begin writing about something difficult. Thanks! I will definitely try this technique again.
Comments/critique always welcome! One For the Record Books
Thanks, Jill! I’ve been trying it out myself. One other similar exercise from Pat Schneider that I’ve been playing with is to write two poems, then line them up one on top of the other, and number the lines, 1,2,3 down the page. Then write all the ones together, all the twos, and then all the threes. You can always go back and change waht doesn’t work. It reminds me a lot of Patchwork poems.
An expat wakes in Malawi, having dreamed of New Mexico.
Emigrant
i hope this fits in with the theme in the prompt:
http://moodsandmetaphors.blogspot.com/2008/04/maybe.html
something short..
voices
Well, since I couldn’t stay up late, my husband posted the link at the wrong place for me!!
here it is again -
http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/04/detachment.html
for some reason this one was hard for me… i am not sure i like my piece.. i like the premise,, but i am not at all sure i pulled it off…..
the bitter and the sweet
This is the first time I have tried out a prompt. I’m new to poem writing and hope to learn more.
My post is at http://shortsweetpoems.com/?p=54
Another one! Wow, I’m smoking. Don’t take this one too seriously.
http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/dear-alice-42008/
I’m late this week because my granddaughter visited for a couple days.
I really had fun with this and the resulting poem tickled me! This is definitely something I’ll have my poetry-writing students try.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Mine
A Study in Contrasts–Day 22 (Yes, I am hanging in there!) This is another based on a wonderful painting by Rick Mobbs called Tapestry. Can’t make a link, but just click on my name.
Here is my effort for this weeks prompt:
http://vixensden.com/?p=464
kind of thick, but i like it ok.
senztema: yournlivejournal wouldn’t let me post my identity; so, i want to let you know i’ve posted the first comment re: this poem. jan
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A little late to the party, but here’s mine:
http://thisgirlremembers.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/revelations/
I didn’t follow the prompt entirely faithfully as I didn’t alternate lines, but it certainly follows the spirit of the prompt. It’s good to write again.
Here’s my study in contrasts:
FRIENDLY FIRE, at Nickers and Ink
Blessings all,
Linda
Nickers and Ink
OK, I confess. I didn’t do the alternating lines either.
Instead, I wrote a series of haikus on a subject that’s a study in contrasts.
Irresponsible conspicuous consumption, and our ecosystem, do not mix! It is completely outrageous to think they ever could.