get your poem on #77
by Jill Crammond Wickham
The world is full of opposites! Which ones did you work with this week? Even if you did the opposite of our prompt and wrote something else, drop your link in the comments section and share what you’ve written!
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Wear it loud, wear it proud! Display the Read Write Poem badge on your site. Just click here or on the image above to get the code! read write poem news- yes, yes, here’s another virtual book tour stop for ‘a walk through the memory palace’
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.
- the best of the web is in our ranks
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!
- another (w00t!) read write poem member on the joe milford poetry show
February 6, 2010 | 11:34 amOn the Joe Milford Poetry Show tomorrow (Feb. 6): W.F. Roby at 9 AM (PST). Find the show here!
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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I was turned on to this exercise by the Velveteen Rabbi. Loved it! I’ve titled my poem “Bereshit,” which is the first word of the book of Genesis in Hebrew, basically meaning “in the beginning.”
You’ll find it here:
http://innerlight-radiantlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-beginning.html
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Here’s something I wanted to share with you:
http://properjoes.blogspot.com/2009/06/likkle-rhymin-fingy.html
-Andy aka SweetTalkingGuy
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Here is my offering:
strings cross with wires
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putting my link in the proper place
http://knittingthewind-westering.blogspot.com/2009/05/michelle-at-poetfusion-has-monday-mural.html
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For opposites attract-
http://catapulttomars.blogspot.com/2009/05/la-isabelica-cuba.html
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Here’s my contribution for RWP #77; I used the hot/cold one
The Inevitable cold
http://thinkingcities.blogspot.com/2009/06/inevitable-cold.html
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Jill….Ten line poem about opposites? You really need a poem…this one is for you.
For Jill: Dissimulation ?;^)
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my response to opposites
http://eneri-hot.blogspot.com/2009/06/falling-in-love-with-vampire.html
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My submission is called “Far Away, So Close” — http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2009/06/read-write-prompt-77-opposites-attract.html
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Opposites attracting:
Perhaps They Don’t Really Believe It Either
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Mine is a revision of an earlier work:
Addie Bundren’s Posthumous Sermon
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Clouds, social media, opposites — my head was still
Within the clouds
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Alternating extremes of weather: Summer/Winter
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Great prompt!
http://paperdreams-jgc.blogspot.com/2009/06/happiness-and-its-nemesis.html
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Anaïs: To love or not to…
just opposites
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I wrote two poems for the opposites prompt. Here’s the first:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/06/02/forgetremember/
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And here’s the second:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/06/02/yin-and-yang/
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And here’s one I wrote for Read Write Word #17:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2009/06/02/pebbles/
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[...] read write poem for read write poem with the opposite prompt. i wrote the same way as i did last [...]
here’s mine
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I wrote this one for the opposite prompt: “hope is contagious”
http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2009/05/lyme-disease.html
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I enjoyed this prompt, and I wrote about my friends. My attempt is rough, but I still like it.
It is called Safety Net.
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Here’s my slight offering for this week: http://disorder1313.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/three-epigrams/
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i attempted to demonstrate an “opposite” approach to healthcare in this country, hope its not too banal, but i feel very mainstream. thanks!
http://beatnikprose.blogspot.com/2009/05/better-days.html
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A little late, but you can’t rush these things…here is my offering for the prompt “Opposites”
http://texas2tennessee.blogspot.com/2009/06/all-i-could-do.html
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Didn’t write to the prompt, but it seems to work in a way. Economic Balancing Acts.
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A response to having my 3 poems removed from this site.
Alas I fear
I have no blog
My poems
have been assigned
to the bog
Had no idea
they would disappear
from this site
And into the night
Never mind
this poet said
creativity is not dead
It’s time to go
my dear old Flo
without a blog
there is no show
A bunch of poems
I have not seen
A bunch of flowers
maybe you mean
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Did not do the prompt, but do have a snapshot poem: Traveling to Arizona | snapshot poem
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Rallentanda: I’m so sorry!
Without a URL, comments will often get flagged as spam. I’ll catch them next time.
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Just a limerick – not 10 lines -
But it does pertain to OPPOSITES.
JUST JUNE – IMMUNE TO MONSOON
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Here is mine….OPPOSITE side of the bench
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