Comments on: read write prompt #78: kiss me, amelia earhart

By: read write poem #78: robot conversion : mygorgeoussomewhere.org

read write poem #78: robot conversion : mygorgeoussomewhere.org — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:55 +0000

[...] am sharing this piece as a contribution to Read Write Poem #78. Carolee asked us to find ourselves in conversation in some way with a famous figure. I *might* be [...]

By: Phil Thrift

Phil Thrift — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:30:59 +0000

Not strictly "historical", but a living "popular" person: Hanging out with Adam Lambert

By: character sketch, or hit the road, Jack | Stoney Moss

character sketch, or hit the road, Jack | Stoney Moss — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:02:46 +0000

[...] them; Roadmaker was clearly fascinating and while I am not thrilled with my poem response to Carolee’s prompt at Read Write Poem, I am keen on Roadmaker. Perhaps I’ll try another version or [...]

By: Talia

Talia — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:14:00 +0000

Ahmadinajad picks me up at my parents’ house.

By: Rallentanda

Rallentanda — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:10:08 +0000

ON MEETING A FAMOUS POET

I knew this was a mistake
I was so nervous
I could hardly concentrate on a word
you were saying
Your banal chat sounded like the feint hum
of a radio in the room next door
How on earth could THIS create
All those gorgeous exploding mind jewels
I should have settled for the pearl
Rather than the rough shag oyster

By: The Egyptian « Raven’s Wing Poetry

The Egyptian « Raven’s Wing Poetry — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:05:30 +0000

[...] wrote this for Read Write Poem Prompt # 78: Kiss Me, Amelia Earhart. I decided to approach this a little differently, as there are so many historical figures I would [...]

By: my poetry plane is lost in an ocean of tangents « carolee sherwood

my poetry plane is lost in an ocean of tangents « carolee sherwood — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:57:53 +0000

[...] on the manuscript). One of them is a poem for my response to my own Read Write Prompt — “Kiss Me, Amelia Earhart” (over at Read Write Poem, of [...]

By: Mike McLaren

Mike McLaren — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:26:36 +0000

I did not know her well, but we did take the bus…

Dancing with Cleopatra
http://www.humboldt1.com/~dobrothunder/page-cleo.html

By: Nicole Nicholson

Nicole Nicholson — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:54:55 +0000

Hrm…Khalil Gibran, Pancho Villa, Malcolm X….the possibilities are endless. Now to pick a victim — er, I mean person — and write.

By: Rallentanda

Rallentanda — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:55:35 +0000

Thankyou to Paul Oakley for the introduction to Ginsburg’s “A Supermarket in California”What a brilliant poem!

By: Carolee

Carolee — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:32:06 +0000

I’m glad everyone is so enthusiastic about the historical figure prompt!

Gordon — Thanks for the link to your poem. I’m going to hold off on reading it until I’ve already written/posted my own so I’m not unduly influenced.

By: Gordon Mason

Gordon Mason — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:26:11 +0000

Thought you might be interested in this poem I posted last year about Amelia Earhart
http://catapulttomars.blogspot.com/2008/09/amelia.html

By: Paul Oakley

Paul Oakley — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:22:18 +0000

This prompt reminds me of a great favorite of mine: Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California,” q.v.:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15306

(which naturally leaves me feeling a bit intimidated, so we’ll see what happens…)

By: angie

angie — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:53:53 +0000

oh, I love this prompt!!

I couldn’t wait–I took “genghis khan to the mall”
(who knows…I may squeeze in a few more dates before thursday!)

http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2009/06/taking-genghis-khan-to-mall.html

By: Donald Harbour

Donald Harbour — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:19:53 +0000

Oh my Carolee, after reading the prompt I’ve had such delicious naughty thoughts. I can hardly wait to share with you and fellow prompters. ?:^}