get your poem on #78
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.
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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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Not an historical poem — a response to recent events: May & June 02009
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Mine too isn’t about a historical figure:
dance baby, dance
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Strictly speaking, this one is about an historical person.
(jesse) tree
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“Heterodox”
http://innerlight-radiantlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/50-ways.html
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tongue in cheek
http://eneri-hot.blogspot.com/2009/06/tiffin-with-raffles.html
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I decided to take a bit of a different direction with this:
The Egyptian
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I got my historical schwerve on with the following…
Disappearing Kiss
http://ying-ko-4.livejournal.com/153474.html
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[...] Find other dates with characters here. [...]
this was a challenge this week! who to pick?? here’s my attempt…
http://beatnikprose.blogspot.com/2009/06/sockdologizing-old-man-trap.html
thanks!
lawrence
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Fourteen Months with Kit Carson is mine this week.
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I love this prompt!!
and I took “genghis khan to the mall”–
http://therer2doors-thespacebetweenwords.blogspot.com/2009/06/taking-genghis-khan-to-mall.html
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Alas, I didn’t make it to the RWP prompt this week, but I did stick to my discipline of writing & posting a weekly Torah poem. This one comes out of the Biblical story (Numbers 11) about the surplus of fallen quail, and it’s called
Apart
http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2009/06/this-weeks-portion-apart.html
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I went on A Date with Ben Franklin
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my childhood hero inspired me on this one
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This one took a lot of thought, but once I settled on my historical person, I couldn’t get the pen to stop.
http://texas2tennessee.blogspot.com/2009/06/afternoon-in-park-with-george.html
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I suppose some would call this poetry, in a literary sense.
A date with Marilyn
Dreams do come true! Keep dreaming.
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Here is my contribution. I found myself in conversation with John Donne.
Robot Conversion
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Here’s mine:
http://freckledwriter.blogspot.com/2009/06/royal-pain.html
I’ll be back later to read everyone else’s!
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my poem isn’t ready yet. a few false starts. but i have been spending lots of time with amelia and there’ll be one soon. in the meantime, coming around to read!
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I’ve been reading and writing about Ganesha and about the Dalai Lama recently and posted about both in the previous week.
But they’re not about getting a smooch on!
Here’s the link to the poem and post on the Dalai Lama:
http://artpredator.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/315am-poetry-no-fire-scent
I just bought a brass Ganesha from my yoga teacher. Maybe Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles, will take me on date soon. I’ll let you know how it goes. I know I’m itching to write already.
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You’ll find mine in this post:
http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/tony-on-the-easy-way
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Hmm… I don’t see my comment, but the site isn’t letting me repost it. Is it stuck in the spam filter?
Here’s the link again: http://knockingfrominside.blogspot.com/2009/06/date-with-ben-franklin.html
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Here’s my contribution of the week:
To Chassé the Threshold of Beauty
http://thinkingcities.blogspot.com/2009/06/to-chasse-threshold-of-beauty.html
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testing…
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OK, this is strange: the site won’t take my comments from Opera, but it will from Firefox. It didn’t have any trouble with Opera last week…
anyway here’s my Date with Ben Franklin
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Tiel, your posts from Opera ended up in the spam filter. I fished them out so the system will (or at least should) learn that those are not spam.
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(I goofed and put my post Thursday in the prompt post instead of here — Here it is again.)
Not strictly “historical” — it’s on a living “pop culture” dude:
Hanging out with Adam Lambert
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here is mine….historical
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I didn’t know her well… but we did take the bus.
http://www.humboldt1.com/%7Edobrothunder/pagecleo.html
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