napowrimo #28: seeing red
by Jill Crammond Wickham
Today, keep track of all the things you see that are red; be creative. Red-faced is as good as a red tomato or a red sky. Use the ones that interest you most in a poem.
For added enjoyment, try coming up with several synonyms for red to use in your poem. Stuck? Visit the Visual Thesaurus.
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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 this week’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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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.
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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!
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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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here’s my poem for today; I used the random prompt in the sidebar.
http://knittingthewind-westering.blogspot.com/2009/04/two-poems-today-first-because-i-liked.html
Here’s my poem. I did not use a prompt.
Beware of Homosapiens:
http://brokeness.blogspot.com/2009/04/beware-of-homosapiens-forget-about-dog.html
http://poemsotherwise.blogspot.com/2009/04/red-runs.html
Seeing red
http://heretheyrest.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/crimson-days/
[...] Ginsberg’s American sentence (17 syllables like the haiku). The prompt at Read Write Poem is ’seeing red’. I’ve given my American sandwich a British flavour by making it red white and blue. If I had [...]
Today i have written An Anglo-American
my poem is also titled ’seeing red’
http://eneri-hot.blogspot.com/2009/04/seeing-red.html
[...] pot pourri Posted on April 28, 2009 by gautami tripathy it is not merely an olive branch I extend on to you, towards you can’t you read every bud on it, in the angled branches, still so green you want each word circled, each line underlined with a red marker? [...]
A haiku of rain in Texas
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2009/04/pot-pourri.html
Call me a rebel.
See red, if you will.
I changed “red” to “read,”
So the red ink wouldn’t spill.
Linda
A THOUSAND THOUGHTS – BECKONED HOMEWARD
my poem poem for today
NaPoWriMo
Read was an interesting one. I chose to see red!
Lady in Red
Where will you walk today?
this is me. still trudging.
i thought red. fire engine. engine. train engine. then i thought of a conductor i knew. this is a poem about him.
Keep it up folks!
<a href=”http://thisbrokensky.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/napowrimo-2009-28/”Today’s Red
Oh no, not again
Today’s Red
Still playing catch up on past posts….take a look, enjoy, and keep up the good work everyone!
http://iwriteforreal.blogspot.com/2009/04/napowrimo-poem-14.html
I thought it would get easier the closer we got to the end. I was wrong.
http://paperdreams-jgc.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-28-nearing-end-and-my-writing-has.html
Some Other Mother’s Red-Letter History
[...] For Read Write Poem’s prompt, [...]
One of my favorite colors:
Joy of Seeing Red
Wow, you’ve all been busy while I’ve been in bed, I thought I was getting in early today.
An Absence of Red
I wrote about red on day 4, and didn’t feel another red poem in me, so I took the “random writing tip” on the sidebar, which was to write about a current event in the news…
http://freckledwriter.blogspot.com/2009/04/post-falls-gas-station.html
“that red bag” for #28…
http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2009/04/red-bag.html
Thanks for the RED prompt!
Here’s mine:
DON’T WALK DON’T WALK DON’T
I wrote mine on the random prompt on the right side. The word was jejune
#28 Little Red Iris
Late today but it’s done.
I’ve been looking at red things all day and even had my students helping me!
A very rough sestina on frogs with some red in it -
http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/04/the-croak-of-the-wild
http://cassandralee.tumblr.com/post/101284906
[...] A few others are seeing red today. Find them at Read Write Poem. [...]
BARELY THINKING – BEARING UP
The Bride Wore Red
http://destineeweathers.blogspot.com/2009/04/bride-wore-red.html
Couldn’t follow the prompt as written, but I think I didn’t do too bad of a job.
http://lori102870.blogspot.com/2009/04/lunch-time-visionsthree-in-one-blogby.html
[...] NaPoWriMo Read Write Poem Prompt #28 [...]
here is my poem: http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/napowrimo-seeing-red/
Work is getting in the way, but my latest poem, “City Lights”, is over at http://sandarastraveljournal.blogspot.com/
at http://waynepitchko.blogspot.com
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http://www.waynepitchko.blogspot.com