napowrimo #5 a little introspection, or: 50-word pick-up
by Jill Crammond Wickham
It wouldn’t be poetry if there weren’t a little introspection, right? By now, you have hopefully received your list of 50 words from a poetry pal (or the mailman, your mother-in-law, your mechanic, your hair dresser … ). Today, sit with your words. Read them out loud. Then, walk away. Close your eyes and try to recall 10 to 15 words from your list. Write them down. These are your “introspection words.”
Think about why these particular words stuck with you. Is it their sound? Their meaning? Free-write on the meaning of these words — to you. Not necessarily their dictionary meaning, but why they resonate for you.
Now, write a poem!
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A note from “admin”: This month, since we’re all trying to write every day, we’re leaving the comments open with each prompt so you can post links to your poems as you write them. So, go ahead and write your poem, post your poem (with a link to Read Write Poem and a Read Write Poem tag, if you would) and come back to this very spot and share your link with us.
Of course, if you’re a creature of habit, you can always post your links at Thursday’s “Get Your Poem On” post. Who are we to mess around with what works for you?
And don’t forget to go read the poems of others in this wonderful writing community. We’re all in this NaPoWriMo “mess” (ha ha!) together; let’s support each other in the insanity that is writing (every day)!
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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!
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Ren and Dave will fill the roles vacated by Carolee Sherwood and Jill Crammond Wickham, who have moved into the manager role.
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- 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
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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.
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Not necessarily in the prompt, but a poem nonetheless. And I’m first, wahoo!
http://eatsbugs.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/youth-and-anonymity-40309/
Day 5 poem
Such Blue Luck
source were several four letter words, constructed like a found poem, edited, rewritten and voila
at my Facebook Notes
or here
http://dash30dash.ning.com/profiles/blogs/day-5-napowrimo-april-5th-2009
Write on….
http://poemsotherwise.blogspot.com/2009/04/wordles.html
What’s with me and my rebellious-don’t-use-the-prompt-maverick ways?
http://missionimprovisational.blogspot.com/2009/04/lie-of-spring.html
[...] back on an earlier prompt as it’s going to take me a while to get to grips with Jill’s 50 words one over at Read Write [...]
One day soon, I promise myself I’m going to use the prompt! In the meantime…
Up In The Tower
I couldn’t use the prompt, but found another source of inspiration. Your Grief.
Didn’t gather words, so used a different prompt about landmarks
big sleep sleepy
here’s my list of 50 words in case anyone needs one.
I had a hard time with this one. It was a cool idea, though, and will probably steal it to use with my students!
Hmm, this is going to be difficult. Yet… not. I don’t make sense.
http://napowrimotrial.blogspot.com/2009/04/images-in-silence.html
Combining the yesterdays and todays poem i guess
Day 5
This is a great prompt — I’m gonna have to go get some words! Today I wrote something inspired by Christine’s prompt from yesterday.
I collected mass words from some friends and they sort of took on a life of their own. See the beginnings of a couple of projects here:
http://wobblyleggs.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-friends.html
I’m actually following the trend and not using the prompt today, but I DID get the 50 words. If anyone needs to use them, just ask, my email is on my blog!
http://cassandralee.tumblr.com/post/93212638
My NaPoMo poem #5, born of 50 words offered by my daughter: Still Life
I just started polling my friends for random words (great idea, btw). I’m not up to 50 yet, but they’ve already inspired one poem for today:
lemon honey
So far I am writing every day. No revisions, just get the words down. Not following a prompt, just putting fingers to keys and see what happens.
Prodigal Aspersions
Just a little introspection that hit me during the Palm Sunday service today.
Blessings all,
Linda
A LANDMARK OCCASION – PALM SUNDAY
April 5th -
CARPE DEUM – SEIZING THE MOMENT
Someone gave me defiant and this is what I came up with -
Protists Defy All Rules of Biology
(see link in my name)
[...] for read write poem [...]
didn’t actually followed the prompt, but got a lil crazy for dropping my…
moto U9
[...] Read Write Poem’s [...]
These words were given to me in several mediums today, radio, reading, and a scripture passage: Kalahari, desiccated, “call to me”:
Kalahari
http://mylifeinrhymingwords.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-am.html
the sun’s out today.. thrz hardly any snow… on the water, in the garden… it’s a beautiful life imposter
I love what everyone is doing.
I wish I was more inspired.
Poem #5
http://paperdreams-jgc.blogspot.com/
mine for April 5th…Remembering Seven Words
dam its hard to remember beyond 7
Here is mine: a walk at the lake
http://birdswordpoetry.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/napowrimo-2009-day-5/
Five down, twenty-five to go.
Mall of America
Reptilian Geography
Struggled with this one, mostly because I ran out of time.
http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/04/reptilian-geography/
day 5
http://a-mus-ing.blogspot.com/2009/04/masquerade.html
Here’s mine. I got lists of words from my 3 sons and went from there…
http://freckledwriter.blogspot.com/2009/04/economy.html
[...] i wrote a poem “good enough for napowrimo” using my 50 words list per jill’s read write prompt for [...]
a poem about the marriage as rodeo
not from the prompt, but at least it’s something….
Introspection
I hand-picked the words I used. It was too hard to read the list and REMEMBER them! June Cleaver makes another appearance at the stove
I didn’t have 50 words so I used Carolee’s word list.
Disconnected
day five, not feeling poetic, but here is my shot in the dark:
favourites
happy weekend all!!
I got random words from a poetry anthology:
http://alotus-poetry.livejournal.com/68639.html
[...] NaPoWriMo Read Write Poem Prompt #5 [...]
This silly rhythm got stuck in my head.
http://page247.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/napowrimo-5/
Cutting it down to the last seconds but I’m up LOL!
http://lori102870.blogspot.com/2009/04/secede-or-standnapowrimo-5by-me.html
[...] also — the inspiriation and several of the words for this poem came from Jill’s great word-gathering prompt. I put a note up on FB and got all kinds of interesting words, including abecedarian, which [...]
My day 5 poem: Thunderbird
http://brokeness.blogspot.com/2009/04/napowrimo-5-thunderbird.html
My day 6 poem (I think I should have started with day 0) Digging to Spain
judgement
http://a-mus-ing.blogspot.com/2009/04/judgement.html
What prompted #5 is nothing but a hard memory:
http://antarcticamag.wordpress.com/
[...] NaPoWriMo #5 [...]
happy birthday ~ http://djkreutzer.com/moments/archives/373
[...] napowrimo #7 Well, this is my response to the 50 word challenge. I was idle to ask a friend, face to face or virtual, so my words were pretty much what I could scavenge from unused wordles and word prompts (random or otherwise). Jill over at RWP has invited us to be introspective. [...]
My offering for today:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/04/06/once-upon-a-time/
I actually wrote this yesterday, but I guess I didn’t link it? Oh right, I wrote it super late at night.
Anywho, it’s called Interactions sans shoes.
And I didn’t use the prompt cuz I didn’t have words.
I don’t know if anyone is still reading this post, as it’s a few days past, but I’m a little slow on writing my poem a day… I’m writing the first 7 all today! We’ll see how it goes.
Here’s my poem for the 50 words prompt: http://malleryk.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/napowrimo-5-verklempt/
[...] I was never really into dating so I don’t have a vast store of old flames. Today’s prompt over at Read Write Poem is to list them and write a poem. I’ve had to [...]
More than a little introspection…
Basement Beatitudes
[...] I am… I am the river that flows through your veins, I am the air you breathe that keeps you alive. I am the sun that shines in the sky, I am the moon that shies I am the cloud, I am the shroud, I run deep, I run shallow, I am the food that you swallow! I am the beginning, I am the end I am the calm, I am the surge’s swell I am the planets and the stars as well. I, destroy, I mend, I am pleasure, I am pain I collect, I drain I persevere, I dread I am the color red. I am the flood. I am the blood. I am just that. I am. I exist. Written for : ReadWritePoem [...]
This seems like such fun. I don’t know how to write poetry. I can fool around and have fun.
This seems like such fun. I don’t know how to write poetry. I can fool around and have fun.