get your poem on #41

by Dana Guthrie Martin

OK, it’s that time. This week’s Read Write Prompt was to use one of the stripped-down poems contributed on the prompt post and build it up using your own words. Did you all take me up on that challenge? I sure hope so.

In the comments, leave a link to your poem and, on your site, make sure you mention the poet whose work you used. You might even want to share the stripped-down poem along with yours so people can see what you had to start with and what you were able to make from it.

It would also be interesting to talk about the process. Did it work for you? Was it challenging, in good and bad ways, or both? Would you try it again? Were you completely stuck and unable to work with the stripped-down poem?

And of course, if you didn’t do this week’s Read Write Prompt, that’s A-OK. Just share something with the other participants, if you’d be so kind.

Oh and also, do try to check out everyone else’s work if you can. It will really help the community foster that community vibe, and it will surely expose you to some cool work.

For the new folks: Please take a few moments to read the the about page, the code of conduct and our copyrights page. If you have any questions about the project after reading through those pages, e-mail us at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.

Please only put only one link in each comment. Otherwise you’ll get stuck in the spam filter!

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