get your poem on #63
Grrr. Late again. Oops.
by Tom Adam
So, we all want to know: how well has randomness worked for you this week? Which is, of course, only relevant if you did that prompt, and not some variation thereof. Maybe you were inspired by the image?
You know what? We don’t really care! If you were inspired by anything, please, share the poems that came of it! Leave a comment below with the link, or more than one comment with its own link. As you can see, we’re pretty flexible around here.
Then, throughout the week, come back and check out everyone else’s endeavors.
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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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Tom, I enjoyed the sestina. This was fun and a challenge given the random nouns.
The Heart is a vivant tableau.
I am still working on that sestina. What I initially wrote felt trash to me. So I gotta work it out again. Meanwhile I post another poem here:
digging doggedly
Here’s my attempt, although my nouns weren’t randomly selected:
http://thegoodtypist.blogspot.com/2009/01/read-write-poem-prompt-sestina_28.html
I did the image prompt:
http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2009/01/bead.html
I didn’t use the random word generator; instead I chose six words from last week’s Torah portion (I’ve committed to writing a poem arising out of the Torah portion each week) and used those as the end-words. I’m pretty happy with the end result!
Charge
I used the random word generator for a sestina called Your Karma Ran Over My Fox
My random-word sestina :
stories from the surface
Thanks for the prompt!
Here’s my attempt:
http://sewina.blogspot.com/2009/01/andy-sewina-they-said-ive-got-to-write.html
I used the image prompt and wrote 5 6 line stanzas with a 1 line envoi–I think you’ll see why in the poem
http://artpredator.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/poem-this-is-not-my-story/
I’ve written a sestina (bringing my total to two). I’ve almost used random words, rejecting ‘insurance’ and ‘haircut’.
beyond the swamp
[...] week’s challenge at Read Write Poem is to write a sestina. I have to confess that the sestina is my least favourite poetic form. [...]
mine is here:
the skin listening (a lesson in faith)
it’s a stretch for me. maybe. or maybe i’m just feeling stiff. anyway, i used the image prompt.
the post is password protected. if you need the password, you can email me for it: caroleesherwood (at) gmail (dot) com
Inspired by Read Write Image #8. This is for Roxanne Swentzell, one of Native America’s truly great artists.
How the spirits came to speak.
Okay, one more time……..
How the spirits came to speak.
I started to use random nouns for my sestina, but after I clicked through several times and rejected many words, I figured I’d choose deliberately. But I did write a sestina!
Courting, 1955
I have password protected this poem. If you want the password and I haven’t sent it to you yet, you can email me at mariacristinapoesia at gmail dot com.
http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/shake-the-dust/
“Without padding on the sole the hobnail will pierce the cross”
A sestina inspired by my love of Rumi.
I am running a full week behind owing to overwhelm and stupidity – so here is my video poem from last week’s prompt #62:
Nocturne – video poem
…will return with a contribution inspired by this weeks prompt #63.
My (haiku-) sestina (I hope … whew!):
O, a deer
(not quite random end-words: words that jumped out from a news photo that “captured” my attention)
Not a fan of structured poetry, but thought I’d play along nonetheless. Here is my sestina:
Cruel Structure
I couldn’t resist the image prompt!
My poem is here: http://jillypoet.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/psalm-for-the-sightless/
rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2009/02/290-source.html
Anyone interested in the inspiration behind famous characters in literature may find my two poems ‘Great Expectations’ and ‘Source’ of interest.
hello,
i want to share this one
have a great day.