get your poem on #28
by Carolee Sherwood
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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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I imagined Glass People
http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/memorial-day/
Fair warning, my poem makes no sense.
I don’t think mine any sense either!
running away with it
I found myself drifting.
Happy Memorial Day to those living in the States; happy poetry day to everyone! It might be kind of slow around here today, holiday and all, so check back through the week…
Mine neither, Brian, but here goes.
I played with form a bit too. And I may use it (the form) for something else in the future.
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2008/05/green-sun-ululation.html
About heroism, terrorism, death, destruction — and rock & roll:
The Legend
A tale of deep love, great loss, powerful memories, passion, sensuality, and business trips:
Not Since Then
#18
Okay, this isn’t very imaginative, but the subject matter got my imagination going.
Eyes
I wrote to Rick mobb’s painting. If you ever need help jump starting your imagination, visit his site, Mine Enemy Grows Older. Every Thursday he offers a painting fresh off his canvas for poets and story tellers to describe or interpret.
In the Book of Good Love
I have been writing poems to inhabit very specific public places: so far, a city bus, a subway, a reservoir, and a veterans’ memorial park. Unless and until some public poetry commission decides to bring them to life, I think it’s fair to say that these are imaginary poems:
http://www.vianegativa.us/series/public-poems/
hi, everyone!
as many of you know, i traveled this weekend and wasn’t online at all. i’m working on catching up with reading your pieces now!
carolee
i didn’t have a chance to finish writing something new–for the prompt or not–as we were at Lightning in a Bottle music festival camping and time evaporated!!
so I posted something older, in recognition of Memorial Day: for those who have lost their lives to war, and with prayers for peace
http://artpredator.wordpress.com
(and a reminder that sometimes if you lcikc the link you get a picture of my child..try again please!!)
http://theoriginalcoffeecompanyonline.blogspot.com/2008/05/garontromom.html
http://theoriginalcoffeecompanyonline.blogspot.com/2008/05/paradise.html
I wrote 2 poems this week…. the first is really as close the prompt as my feeble brain and talentless poetry ideas would take me….
The second was because I needed to write it!
Thanks for reading!
Christina
http://thebadpoetsociety.blogspot.com/2008/05/special-species.html
PoetMouse: Evolution
Here’s mine. It’s called “Seven Bruised Views” at http://disorder1313.wordpress.com
Thanks for reading it.
You’ll find mine in this post:
Tony On Poetic, Mars, Religion
Enjoy
I haven’t written for quite a while, but I managed a (rather short) contribution this week
Underrunners
being that I in reality woke up to a typically rainy day in my neck of the woods I instead imagined or revisited brighter days
and the link!
http://missmays.blogspot.com/
Here’s mine:
Kraken
Amazing what dark things can lurk in our imaginations…
(sorry if the link doesn’t work straight away – the post should be up in a few hours)
Here’s my trip…After the Surgery, I Ride A Cow Home From Vermont
Life decided to take control of my mind. A stonewall of indifference and apathy looms over any poetic voyage. I believe I’ll rest under a Tulip Tree for the moment, at least until the wall falls down. I like your neck.
Carolee….Wonder of wonders, my indifference turned to interest, apathy was warmed by empathy, and the stonewall was a product of imagination. I offer up “Lost Springs”. Hello Cracklin’ Rose!
An Academic Analysis: 1900 years after the pyroclastic flows
faltering i almost did not… brush strokes
Here is my response:
Learning Centres
Gemma
http://mandatoryhappiness.blogspot.com/2008/05/fall-of-sparrow.html