get your poem on #55
by Nathan Moore
In true collaborative spirit we shared the task of prompt writing this week. There were a lot of interesting ideas. From photos to poems to assignments and exercises, participants came up with inventive and surprising prompts. Which did you choose and why? (Assuming you chose only one.) Was it difficult? Was it out of your normal range of writing methods? Give us a few notes about process as you leave your link this week. I have a feeling I’m not the only one who is interested!
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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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I’m a ReadWriteImage kinda gal!
Here’s my offering:
Jenny
…inspired by read write image #3
Tears of the Ancients
…an american sentence
jack’s road
Here’s my offering:
http://sewina.blogspot.com/2008/11/rwp-53.html
From my archives:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/11/splash-of-colours-on-dirty-scraps-of.html
Here’s my offering:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/11/18/childhood-in-six-american-sentences/
I tried combining Six Sentences with American Sentences and this is what I came up with.
Something from the image prompt?
Yes, something.
From Gaea Shorn
It is just not a season for prompts for me…
Red Berries Blue
Here’s one for the image prompt: Aeolian Harp
And I’m celebrating this anniversary with my entry into audio blogging: Water Music (audio)
Read Write Image Poem:
http://nibblepoems.wordpress.com/poems/
Small haiku yonder
http://turtledovesandtofu.blogspot.com/2008/11/sky-stripes.html
congrats on one year!
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” ~ T.S. Eliot
i didn’t do an american sentence (yet) but i hope you’ll come visit anyway!
I gave the visual prompt a try this week, here.
[...] This is a list poem for the Miss Rumphius’ Effect Poetry Stretch, based on some of my recent reflections about what I have learned in the last year. Which also fits rather nicely with ReadWritePoem’s first anniversary. [...]
I’ve never been good at american sentences, but I’ve written a poem on what I have learned in the last year, which perhaps fits well with the anniversary theme…
On which note, congratulations, and thanks for really enriching my writing life!
Here’s what I’ve been working on: http://disorder1313.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/map
happy birthday RWP!!!
i only have one poem so far this month and its kind of an old/new one:
http://makeshiftwords.blogspot.com/2008/11/sunday-morning.html
I’m such a psych nerd, so I jumped on the chance when Deb mentioned “Rorschach Poetry.” And lo and behold, the images were somewhat Freudian, but the longer I stared at the images, the stories spunned into elements of fantasy, myth, and ancient things. I had to explore that part of my mind as I never really wrote anything in those themes before. I’m really proud of how the 2 poems turned out, and somehow linking them to modernity helped ground those mythical/fantastical poems.
Here’s one:
http://alotus-poetry.livejournal.com/42085.html
And another:
http://alotus-poetry.livejournal.com/41179.html
Something loosely inspired by #4 this week: Fur
(Interesting … the December 4 responses are going into the wrong comment bin!)
Do I post here?
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/12/keep-it-burning-keep-it-alive.html
I went back and wrote to a previous prompt (#52 on fear) I really wanted to write to, but hadn’t had a chance to work on at the time. (Um… I hope I’m posting to the right place!)
The Wolfman, Dracula, and The Mummy
Maybe I am confused, but I do not believe these comments belong with “Get Your Poem On #55 ??
This is what I had prepared for read write poem #55…
“Never Been”
[...] I offer this for Read Write Poem Prompt #55. I used Christine’s prompt this [...]
I’m not sure why previous comments (1-18) have showed up … but, why not read the poems if you haven’t before?
New work, or new posts can be ID’d by date.
Keep them coming!
(I think the problem could be that “Comments” for this GYPO linked to http://readwritepoem.org/2008/12/04/get-your-poem-on-53/ rather than http://readwritepoem.org/2008/12/04/get-your-poem-on-55/ — which doesn’t exist)
Anyway, mystery aside, mine is for image prompt #4:
Ode on a Grecian Stern
Yeah, I was wondering if the November’s GYPO had hijacked the comments section to this Thursday’s GYPO. Mystery indeed.
Here’s my offering for this week (written in response to Rob Kistner’s “Up from Hell”):
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/12/04/dead/
…here’s a fun one for read write image #4
Amore Perso dei Piedini
Philip is right. The GYPO #53 disappeared (my fault
), so comments to that post found a new home. I don’t want to delete them, so either enjoy, or ignore, while I manually manipulate those comments and get them to their proper place.
Thanks for your poems, and your patience – and your tips!
Deb
i chose whirling dervish’s rorschach poetry prompt:
this is what’s wrong
if you don’t have the password, you can email me: caroleesherwood (at) gmail (dot) com
Mine is a collaboration I’ve been working on with Holly.
http://tinyurl.com/5gm642
{I edited your comment because the first one didn’t make it through the filter. So weird. Deb}
I used Whirling Dervish’s photos, too, with this result:
Deb responds to a Rorschach test
I haven’t done much ekphrastic poetry. But this one got me thinking, pretty easily, given the evocative images. And, as they say, one thing led to the other.
There were other ideas that have intrigued me. I will yet, one day, write something with or called “She is Magellan today.” That one really calls to me.
i put up a poem yesterday…doesn’t really match any of the prompts that i can tell…but here’s the link
http://artpredator.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/bee-butterfly/
This response is not prompt, but this is the link to my poem for prompt #55
http://poeticalbits.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-like-turtles.html
Readwriteimaging…
man in my mind
oh a note on process–this was a collaboration with my dream state…when i woke i took some notes on my dream and then turned it into a draft which evolved into this poem
Poetically late! I’ve had my soul in contradiction. A place of abolition. Nathan, I could not resist.
Iteration