napowrimo #12: where do you come from?
by Jill Crammond Wickham
Another Sunday, another day of (poetic) introspection …
So, where do you come from? The mountains? The plains? The city? Do you come from spaghetti on Sundays? Brown bag lunches? Do you come from shag carpeting and plastic slip covers on the sofa? Cows out the kitchen window? Do you hail from noise and congestion or stars and silence?
Today, think about where you grew up. The country, the state, the town, the street, the house, the bedroom, the bed. Be specific. Be sensual (as in, capture the smells, the sounds, the taste, the scratch of your towels without fabric softener). Write a poem that shows where you come from in all its unique glory.
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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.
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- 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!
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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.
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NaPoWriMo # 11
Another Day At The Office:
http://brokeness.blogspot.com/2009/04/napowrimo-11.html
Kind of followed the prompt….for my NaPoWriMo #12 but then it’s my b’day so…..
read it on my Facebook Notes
or here:
http://dash30dash.ning.com/profiles/blogs/muse-bless-this-birthday-child
write on…
origins
Love this one! I’ve been thinking about this theme for some time. I’m a bit hesistant knowing whatever I come up with will need so much work. How do you sum up something that’s been bubbling for 40 something years and you’re sure you can’t get the rocks out of your mouth to let it spill out?
I did this. Quickly and badly, but I did it. Thank you for the intriguing prompt.
http://knittingthewind-westering.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-come-from-big-old-house-house-in.html
[...] Today’s prompt at Read Write Poem is Where did I come from? I’ve taken a pre-existing fragment and added some more so part of the poem is more finished [...]
Something old and something new.
#12 Where do you come from?
“river rat” for #12
http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2009/04/river-rat.html
And once more pulling in at position 9…
Life Not Mine
[...] Prompt for today: Read Write Poem is doing where you come from. [...]
For the science geek in love.
Let’s Make ATP
My NaPoMo poem #12: Morning in the Neighborhood
This prompt really inspired me (which unfortunately I can’t say for yesterday’s prompt; still working on that one!!)
http://cannedoriginality.blogspot.com/2009/04/mountains.html
Great idea and prom!
Here’s my take of it – an acrostic about BULGARIA, the mystical & beautiful & hilarious land of the roses, yogurt & feta cheese & of course beautiful poetic girls
http://joybringer.gaia.com/blog/2009/4/napowrimo_12_-_where_did_you_come_from_-_bulgaria_acrostic
Where?
http://page247.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/napowrimo-12/
[...] For Read Write Poem’s prompt [...]
This is my current “the place where I am from”. I have moved around a lot but have lived here in Alabama for the last three years:
From This Place
here’s mine, inspired by a breakfast place in my neighborhood:
toast
A little nod to the pagan roots of Easter.
From a prompt over at dash30dash
http://missionimprovisational.blogspot.com/2009/04/minute-poem.html
okay so it’s not where i come from but i live nearby once and it’s the closest i’ve come to the prompt….
Not the flashiest title, but dang it, it’s a poem on a sunny Sunday.
Where I Come From
Here’s my answer to the question, “Where do you come from?”
http://freckledwriter.blogspot.com/2009/04/origins.html
Loved this prompt. (:
My Childhood Was -
http://morningsongspoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-childhood-was.html
The title is sorely lacking, but that’s alright.
My NaPoWriMo #11 (still a day behind). No prompts for today, just a lot of caffeine, very little sleep, and listening to strange stories late at night.
syntropy
I got carried away by a sestina – my first ever.
http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/04/we-decided-inland-sestina/
number 12….where I come from
Had to put my spin on the prompt ;o), but I’m up and ready.
http://lori102870.blogspot.com/2009/04/lifes-lessonsnapowrimo-12by-me.html
I’m hoping to revise this before midnight, but for now…
http://paperdreams-jgc.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-12-from-what-i-remember.html
Where did I come from? Not telling. The kids still think I came from the egg patch:
NO BEGGING FOR EGGS – THE BUNNY WAS BUSTED
I’ll like scrap 90% of the poem, but I’ve been carrying the title in my head for years, I Come From A Long Line of Pimps, Hoes, Hustlers and Factory Workers.
[...] * * Where do you come from? This is one [...]
Back on track, caught up! Enjoy a visit to Detroit from Arkansas!
Itinerary
http://cassandralee.tumblr.com/post/95615499
[...] NaPoWriMo Read Write Poem Prompt #12 [...]
[...] Inspired by a totally fabulous prompt by Jill. Obviously isn’t finished but I’m happy with it as a starting place. Read more good stuff here. [...]
Great prompt, Jill! You and the other RWP people are awesome — couldn’t have gotten even this far through Napowrimo without you!
http://thisyearsblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/nablopomo-2009-day-12/
[...] Where do you come from? Found at Read Write Poem. [...]
Here is mine: http://susanmuses.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/day-12-napowrimo/
Happy NaPoWriMo!
Busy, busy day. Almost didn’t make it, but here it is: Driftwood
http://poemsotherwise.blogspot.com/2009/04/in-our-land.html
I’ve missed the last 2 or 3 prompts but I’m back with a vengeance LOL
http://iwriteforreal.blogspot.com/2009/04/napowrimo-poem-12.html
http://alotus-poetry.livejournal.com/71229.html
http://seashelllz.livejournal.com/106308.html
type love ~ http://djkreutzer.com/moments/archives/411
Just a little verse off the top of my head. So many poems to catch up!
Here it is anyway, an ode to childhood: Bamboo
http://sintaxandsemantix.blogspot.com/2009/04/bamboo.html
This created a desire to finish an idea I had rearleirs: to culled a haiku from an earlier poem.
http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/napowrimo-where-do-you-come-from/
I may not come from, but I sure enjoyed going here:
http://antarcticamag.wordpress.com/
A sort of metaphoric where I come from with historical roots, rather than the place I grew up in in a physical sense.
“I came from Trouble”
easter was big… really big… nothin but white rabbits and colored eggs… and not a screen or conection nearby anywhere…. so here is yesterday’s today… seafaring soak
A day late in the prompt department, but there was this other poem on my mind yesterday…today, I come from: In a Mill Town, There’s Always Something In the Air
adoption.
Sooooo many good intentions …
Never mind, this is about writing the bad poems to make way for the good ones, right?
My offering here.
[...] with end line rhyme and in this style…but I decided to have some fun. It was written for Read Write Poem’s NaPoWriMo #12: Where Do You Come From?. Have fun [...]
A little behind…but here’s my offering for the prompt:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/04/15/from/