by Dana Guthrie Martin
I looked at oncle Jim’s work on Flickr and immediately thought, “How does this person know about my strangest, most disturbing, dreams?” I was especially struck by this image of a human with a donkey head* sitting in a field, holding a tattered umbrella. There’s clearly a surreal quality to this piece, but it also manages to somehow invoke a feeling of serenity.
As the community management team mentioned in our post about changes we’re making to Read Write Poem, we are folding the Read Write Image post in with the regular lineup of Read Write Prompts that we share every Friday. I hope you like this photo and can find a way into it for your poem this week.
Perhaps you can use the image to enter into a dream or surreal state. Perhaps you want to talk about why there’s a donkey-headed person (or a person-bodied donkey, depending on your perspective) sitting in the middle of a field. A dramatic monologue might even be in order.
Whatever you write, we look forward to reading it when you leave a link to your work on next Thursday’s Get Your Poem On post.
If you choose to include the image on your site along with your poem, make sure you link back to it. Also, attribute the photo to oncle Jim, as required by the Creative Commons license.
Note: Read Write Poem participant Dave Bonta thinks this is a kangaroo head and not a donkey head. He’s probably right, since he knows things. But you can make it be whatever kind of animal you like.
(Note: If you include this photo in your post along with your poem, make sure you credit the artist.)
by Kristen McHenry
Did you leave anything unsaid this week, or did you manage to say it all in your poem? I hope you were inspired by the poem I shared last week, written by a teenager, about her relationship with her mother. And whether you wrote about your mother, another family member, a spouse — or anything else for that matter — leave a link so the rest of the community can see what you’ve been working on.
For the new folks: Please take a few moments to read our About pages. If you have any questions about the project after reading through those pages, email us at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
by Jessica Fox-Wilson
We hope you had fun working with Beth and Claudia’s words this week. I can’t wait to see what everyone came up with using their exciting and interesting combinations.
Please, link back here in your posts, either with a hyperlink to Read Write Poem or by using the badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps our “internet health” when you link in every post you contribute to the project. And please add “Read Write Poem” in your tags, if you don’t mind.
For the new folks: Please take a few moments to read the About pages, including our Copyrights page. If you have any questions about the project after reading through those pages, email us at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
by Jessica Fox-Wilson
 For this week’s Read Write Word prompt, we’ve got two (count ‘em) participants to thank for their word donations. Both Beth and Claudia sent us some lovely words that we’ve happily lumped into a Wordle formation. You should thank them, by the way, because this week’s prompt has some creative and odd words for your poems.
So how does this prompt work? It’s easy. You can choose as many (or as few) of Beth and Claudia’s words to infuse into a new poem. Once you’re done, you can post a link to your poem in the comments here or wait until Thursday’s Get Your Poem On post to share your work.
If you’ve got some creative or odd words that you’d like to share (or some beautiful, haunting, or whimsical words), email us a list at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org. We can always use new words for future prompts!
(And remember that the Read Write Word and Read Write Image are now part of the regular weekly lineup of prompts we’re sharing each Friday as opposed to being separate prompts shared in addition to the Friday prompts — hence the renaming/numbering in the title of this post.)
by Carolee Sherwood
They used to say, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” Now they’ll say, “Historical figures make strange bedfellows — and good poems.” Trot out your historical figure poems. I can’t wait to see what you all have been up to.
Please, link back here in your posts, either with a hyperlink to Read Write Poem or by using the badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps our “internet health” when you link in every post you contribute to the project. And please add “Read Write Poem” in your tags, if you don’t mind.
For the new folks: Please take a few moments to read the About pages, including our Copyrights page. If you have any questions about the project after reading through those pages, email us at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
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read write poem news- read write poem napowrimo anthology
June 20, 2010 | 1:36 pmThe Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Anthology is still in production. Selection, placement, layout and copyediting are taking longer than anticipated. Thank you for your patience. I hope to have the piece completed in July. For those who have emailed asking if they can be included, the May 7 deadline for submission of work stands. Those who met that deadline will be included. Please check the post on this site listing who I received submissions from by that date. If you submitted your work by the May 7 deadline in accordance with our guidelines and your name is not listed, send an email to info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
- read write poem napowrimo anthology
May 5, 2010 | 3:09 pmRemember that Friday* is the deadline for submitting work to the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Anthology. Check out the guidelines for submission in the main column (to the left). On May 8, we’ll post a news item listing everyone we’ve received work from. If you submitted work and your name is not on that list, please let us know. Thanks!
*I initially said “tomorrow,” but I meant to say “Friday.”
- napowrimo congratulations, and a reminder
April 24, 2010 | 12:05 pmIt’s the final week of the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Challenge! Just 7 days left. With that, a reminder that Read Write Poem will culminate with the anthology featuring work from those who complete the challenge. A post with details for submitting to the anthology will be published May 1. Be sure you remove any information from the site that you want preserved — such as group content and personal messages. Those elements of the site will be removed May 1 as well. The main site will remain up as an archive.
- ‘underlife’ tour at january gill o’neil’s blog
April 20, 2010 | 8:11 pmJanuary Gill O’Neil’s virtual book tour has moved to her site and is underway now. Check out the lineup at Poet Mom.
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thank you and farewell As of May 1, 2010, Read Write Poem is no longer active.
In late May, an anthology featuring work from those who completed the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Challenge will be published here and on issuu.com.
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