Comments on: read write prompt #87: oooooooooooooooo, aaaaaaaaaaaaaa, eeeeeeeeeeeee http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/ Mon, 03 May 2010 01:01:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Linda Fraser http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7559 Linda Fraser Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:59:35 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7559 Inspired by other bloggers, I tried this poem activity #87for the first time today. I used ooooooooo. It was fun and you have wonderful poetry ideas! This is an inspiring site. Thank you. Inspired by other bloggers, I tried this poem activity #87for the first time today. I used ooooooooo. It was fun and you have wonderful poetry ideas! This is an inspiring site. Thank you.

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7469 Dana Guthrie Martin Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:35:29 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7469 That's wonderful, Rachel. Thanks for sharing it. That’s wonderful, Rachel. Thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7468 Dana Guthrie Martin Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:32:29 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7468 :) :)

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7467 Dana Guthrie Martin Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:31:56 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7467 Crazy undertaking! Crazy undertaking!

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7466 Dana Guthrie Martin Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:28:56 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7466 "I blame hooked on phoenics for everything. EVERYTHING." As you should. “I blame hooked on phoenics for everything. EVERYTHING.”

As you should.

]]> By: velveteenrabbi http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7460 velveteenrabbi Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:24:50 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7460 This prompt makes me think of a pair of prayers in the Jewish morning liturgy. The Yotzer Or blessing praises the creator (and creation) of light, and it's full of "oh" sounds -- <i>yOtzer Or u-vOrei chOshech, Oseh shalOm u-vO-rei et-hakOl</i>. It's followed by the Ahavah Rabbah blessing, which praises the God of love, and it's full of "ah" -- sounds -- <i>AhAvAh rAbbAh AhAvtAnu, yAh eloheinu...</i> It leads to a lovely sense of "Ohhhh..." and then "Ahhhh" as we work our way through the morning blessings. :-) This prompt makes me think of a pair of prayers in the Jewish morning liturgy. The Yotzer Or blessing praises the creator (and creation) of light, and it’s full of “oh” sounds — yOtzer Or u-vOrei chOshech, Oseh shalOm u-vO-rei et-hakOl. It’s followed by the Ahavah Rabbah blessing, which praises the God of love, and it’s full of “ah” — sounds — AhAvAh rAbbAh AhAvtAnu, yAh eloheinu… It leads to a lovely sense of “Ohhhh…” and then “Ahhhh” as we work our way through the morning blessings. :-)

]]> By: holly22473 http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7407 holly22473 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:06:11 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7407 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANA!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANA!!!!

]]> By: Kayin Wong http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7370 Kayin Wong Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:11:14 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7370 Not only am I going to try and follow the prompt, it's going to be a sestina.Why? Don't ask me! Hope it'll be done by Thursday! Not only am I going to try and follow the prompt, it’s going to be a sestina.Why? Don’t ask me! Hope it’ll be done by Thursday!

]]> By: juliejordanscott http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7365 juliejordanscott Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:59:45 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7365 Ohh, I am so using the Ohhhhh.... Not for the sexual connotation, but because my character in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (and no, I am not Maggie, too old for that) Says "OH!" constantly. One of my lines is "Oh, Big Daddy, Oh, Oh, Oh Big Daddy" and when I told my friends their eyes were as wide as O's and they asked what the heck that scene involved?! I decided Mr. Williams (as in Tennessee) may have meant O's to be big gulps of breath, so as an actor, that is what Big Mama and I are doing. For this prompt, I will just hang out and chant Oh, Oh, Oh and see what comes as a result. Great prompt! Ohh, I am so using the Ohhhhh…. Not for the sexual connotation, but because my character in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (and no, I am not Maggie, too old for that) Says “OH!” constantly. One of my lines is “Oh, Big Daddy, Oh, Oh, Oh Big Daddy” and when I told my friends their eyes were as wide as O’s and they asked what the heck that scene involved?!

I decided Mr. Williams (as in Tennessee) may have meant O’s to be big gulps of breath, so as an actor, that is what Big Mama and I are doing.

For this prompt, I will just hang out and chant Oh, Oh, Oh and see what comes as a result.

Great prompt!

]]> By: Barbara http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7356 Barbara Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:25:26 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7356 Not aquatic, southern. Not aquatic, southern.

]]> By: Barbara http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7355 Barbara Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:24:37 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7355 I TOLD the witch doctor that what was old would soon enough be new again. I TOLD the witch doctor that what was old would soon enough be new again.

]]> By: noel http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7353 noel Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:05:21 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7353 a b, c d fishy? l m n o fishy. o s a r a fishy! o c d p d fishy. I blame hooked on phoenics for everything. EVERYTHING. a b, c d fishy?

l m n o fishy.

o s a r a fishy!

o c d p d fishy.

I blame hooked on phoenics for everything. EVERYTHING.

]]> By: rallentanda http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7351 rallentanda Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:56:07 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7351 Courtesy of Alvin and the Chipmunks ooh ee ooh ahah bing bang wallawalla bingbang ooh ee ooh ahah bing bang wallawalla bangbang Some ancient mariner might remember this Courtesy of Alvin and the Chipmunks

ooh ee ooh ahah
bing bang wallawalla bingbang
ooh ee ooh ahah
bing bang wallawalla bangbang

Some ancient mariner might remember this

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7345 Dana Guthrie Martin Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:08:14 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7345 So you are a dolphin then. I knew it! So you are a dolphin then. I knew it!

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7344 Dana Guthrie Martin Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:07:46 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7344 I thought Dave was being sarcastic about liking the URL. :) I thought Dave was being sarcastic about liking the URL. :)

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7343 Dana Guthrie Martin Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:06:03 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7343 Suzanna, my poem smiled when I told it you said it was special in its own way. Suzanna, my poem smiled when I told it you said it was special in its own way.

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7342 Dana Guthrie Martin Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:00:48 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7342 Takakow, when everyone starts leaving links here, the whole situation gets confused for new people. And there are lots of new people here. (We saw this happen on the old Read Write Poem site and when I was co-managing Poetry Thursday.) Our other option is to close comments on the prompt posts, but there is such great communication in the comments that we don't want to do that. This is all detailed in our About pages, in our navigation bar. I hope you will reconsider and not see this as an attempt to control. We are trying to create the best user experience possible, for everyone, and that includes keeping the interface as clean and clear as possible. Asking people to leave their link on the same post consistently also ensures everyone will see your work because they will be looking at the correct post for those links to work. Takakow, when everyone starts leaving links here, the whole situation gets confused for new people. And there are lots of new people here. (We saw this happen on the old Read Write Poem site and when I was co-managing Poetry Thursday.) Our other option is to close comments on the prompt posts, but there is such great communication in the comments that we don’t want to do that. This is all detailed in our About pages, in our navigation bar.

I hope you will reconsider and not see this as an attempt to control. We are trying to create the best user experience possible, for everyone, and that includes keeping the interface as clean and clear as possible. Asking people to leave their link on the same post consistently also ensures everyone will see your work because they will be looking at the correct post for those links to work.

]]> By: Barbara http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7341 Barbara Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:39:59 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7341 That's the way all my vowels sound. A short "e" is one with only three syllables. That’s the way all my vowels sound. A short “e” is one with only three syllables.

]]> By: Takakow http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7336 Takakow Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:26:00 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7336 Thanks for polite reply but cant help feeling a little dissapointed with the feeling of control. Enjoyed the brief spring here but obviusly need to find another tribe. Good luck Love and Energy Takakow. Thanks for polite reply but cant help feeling a little dissapointed with the feeling of control. Enjoyed the brief spring here but obviusly need to find another tribe.
Good luck
Love and Energy
Takakow.

]]> By: Kathy (A~Lotus) http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/08/07/oooooooooooooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa-eeeeeeeeeeeee/comment-page-1/#comment-7335 Kathy (A~Lotus) Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:28:35 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=4602#comment-7335 P.S. Did I mention already that I'm digging this prompt? P.S. Did I mention already that I’m digging this prompt?

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