by Christine Swint
Did you find a doozy of a first line? Or maybe the Read Write Image or Read Write Word prompts spoke to you. Whatever poem you wrote this week, share it by linking up in the comments section below.
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Here’s my poem, inspired by jone’s donated first line “desert sky circles”.
http://poemsotherwise.blogspot.com/2009/03/fleeting.html
Here’s mine: Air space
I’m going away for a long weekend but I’ll read other people’s poems when I get back.
Here is what I wrote:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2009/03/over-ridges-and-hard-planes.html
Here’s mine for this week:
http://catapulttomars.blogspot.com/2009/03/mystic-garden.html
Many diapers and boo-boos
Dreams, Like Dew in the Early Morning
here is my poem inspired by
that word you lost, i found it
http://a-mus-ing.blogspot.com/2009/03/l-word.html
this one was inspired by
if i could wake the sun up now
http://a-mus-ing.blogspot.com/2009/03/ugly-truth.html
I haven’t thought I will be able to write for this prompt, but : Anaïs: Farewell (2) for Readwritepoem #71
I just had to write it after re-reading Sylvia Plath…
I borrowed John’s first line, “when Godzilla flattens your car on Monday morning.” You can read the result here:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/03/24/when-godzilla-flattens-your-car-on-monday-morning/
Here’s my contribution, inspired by the first line from James.
The Pound my Concrete Face.
http://thinkingcities.blogspot.com/2009/03/they-pound-my-concrete-face.html
Thanks to Dave and Gautami!
http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/read-write-poem/
Here’s mine. Thanks to Derek for the first line!
http://freckledwriter.blogspot.com/2009/03/lapis-lazuli.html
my contribution for read write image #12:
http://benjaminchew110478.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/merely/
I have one based on throwshiswords’ first line, “Through rough patchwork fields”
Ploughing
And another one for the image. Thunderbird Poem
a tiny offering using christine’s first line prompt
And I used Carolee’s first line!
Star Crossed
Thanks for this cool idea! I’m going to use it in my classroom.
Here’s what I wrote using Gautami Tripathy’s first line.
I used Derek’s first line:
http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2009/03/waitng-in-line-behind-her-while-she.html
and the image prompt got me, too:
http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2009/03/gravity.html
I was inspired by Aila and Link John’s great first lines.
My first Godzilla poem.
I used Rob’s.
http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/windmills-32109/
This is what I’ve been writing:
http://sewina.blogspot.com/2009/03/top-prompt.html
I used a line from one of my students to begin this poem: Art Studio
I haven’t written from this first line yet, but I wanted to share for people still fishing:
“Can you start early? I have to leave for the funeral soon.”
Never one to stick to directions, I took 5 people’s first lines, threw them in a blender and made a poetry milkshake.
http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2009/03/alarming.html
I borrowed the line: “through rough patchwork fields.” A friend and I came up with this
http://bostonsdandd.multiply.com/journal/item/266
another creative challenge!!!… i used donald’s “..i know that life has loved me..” line times up/a>
Here is mine..”every old lady lives in a shoe” first line by carolee
…a poem inspired by a different photo from Pensiero, the individual who created the photo seen in read write image #12… Skyward
This very tiny poem (maybe it isn’t even one) was prompted by a line read on an art book, regarding the beauty of symmetry.
There I share it with you : Symmetry
Something old. Feel free to offer feedback. Not quite where I’d like it to be.
Center of Trees
It bugs me to select a link for a participant and I can’t easily link back. It’s the point to make it easier to support all participants’? Please link back.
Susan, could you clarify what you mean?
Hi Marty,
I deleted your comment because we leave links here to our poems written on our own blogs. Not the poems themselves.
Sorry to be so rules-y, but, well. We have a format we try to follow.
Hey Lori,
When you’re new the spam reader takes a while to figure it out. We will fish you out. Be a little patient.
Deb,
I’m referring to when I visited participants’ blogs who have left their link for a prompt. It is common practice for most memes that you link directly to your contribution and you leave a direct link to original prompt.
I can see I left a few words out. It should have read: Isn’t one of the point of linking so we can easily access links to all participants? A participant should be able to easily access links to responses and that is facilitated by having a link in your post back to the list of links left by members.
Easier it is too access the links, the more visits you’re likely to make and therefore supporting more bloggers. That’s community.
Late, late, late.
Here’s mine, “Corridor“, using One More Believer’s line.
how can i contribute my poems?