get your poem on #96
by Jessica Fox-Wilson
Did you find yourself humming the spam song all week? Did you discover a hankering for Hormel? Or did you just find a few juicy tidbits (sorry I couldn’t resist) in the spam Read Write (Word) Prompt to cook into a poem? Leave a link to your spam-inspired poems here so we can all share in the fun!
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 Jessica Fox-Wilson is a senior contributor and columnist for Read Write Poem. Her work includes the Read Write (Word) Prompts every month and the Just One (Book) Thing column. Visit her at her blog, Everything Feeds Process.
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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 got all 15 in, though I had to cheat a bit to make “chelations” and “cosmoramic” work:
After School
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I cheated too and put “Croak” in the title – A Strange Croak
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I did get a little carried away. The third one is the “real” spam poem. Ranic Cosmoramic
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I always use all the words to compensate for my lack of poem..a quick job this week.
http://rallentanda.blogspot.com
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Here is mine. I used only some of the words.
Field Notes: Storm
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I wrote a spam inspired poem a while ago. I needed to rant against the randomness of the spam flooding my inbox. The poem, called Junk Mail, is composed entirely of lines taken from my spam folder. The only resemblance to the prompt is the use of spam to create the poem. Enjoy.
Junk Mail
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I had a lot of trouble with this one, but I’m curious to hear everyone’s opinions on the result – I’m not sure how ’spammy’ it is. Shoot! Flash! .
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You’ll find mine here.
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Was a bit of a “cheat” this week. I ended up using just one word from the prompt to feature prominently and give me my theme. But then, I wrote the same idea into two different types of poetry…see which one you prefer!
http://cynthiashort.blogspot.com
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I used just a couple of words, one from Joan Houlihan’s wordle (since for the sake of economy I’m using the same poem for the New Formalism group’s “assignment” for this week) and one from the Spam wordle. My poem is called, Le Juif En Vert
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I think I got all:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2009/10/exulting-mixture.html
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My response to spam sucks.
spamming
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I wrote my poem this morning and turned the words into my own little tirade on anti-social behaviour, which is even more annoying than spam! BTW, for those who may not know, the title, ‘ASBO’ stands for anti-social behaviour order.
http://melrosemusings.blogspot.com/2009/10/asbo.html
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This was so much fun getting back at all the spammers. Thank you Jessica!
Living In The Eastern Woodlands. My poem is Please Delete the Vehement Spam
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Started with the prompt, got an idea, left the prompt for another day. Definitely a work in progress:
A.I.
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always enjoy these wordle prompts, never know what direction i’m headed in until i get there. cheers and hope you enjoy my offering, Connie Smells Like Lillies
http://beatnikprose.blogspot.com/2009/10/connie-smells-like-lillies.html
-lawrence
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I just could not find anything worth saying about spam that was acceptable to a general audience of readers, nor did I want my name attached to a plethora of four letter words. So I wrote about sex (it’s only three letters).
Your secret irresistible voice
Thanks to Zouxzoux’s blog title for the inspiration and two wordle words.
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“poetry spam” (not a poetry slam)
a very silly poem — no need to leave comments
http://theresebroderick.wordpress.com
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In the midst of the wonderful Roctober Mini-Challenge, I was pleased to have gotten this poem made.
http://radio-nowhere.org/nb/?p=253
T’ain’t got no title…and thanks for reading!
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I surprised myself by using a new technique with this set of words. This was a fun one.
http://zouxzoux.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/readwritepoem-96-spam/
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Irresistible Investment: The Autism Cure.
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Alas, I didn’t manage to write to the prompt this week, but here’s this week’s Torah poem for those who are interested:
Likeness (Bereshit)
http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2009/10/this-weeks-poem-likeness.html
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Delicious, delicious spam:
Night Music
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I ended up doing two poems this week for the prompt, and both were also for the October Mini-Challenge.
Here’s #1: Blood
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And here’s #2: Deconstruct
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CULTURE VULTURES
There are some great Sonnets in
Form and Structure in Poetry
New Formalism Group
pgs 5 and 6
Worth a look!
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I had been working on the 7-day Body of Work challenge, so don’t have anything on the fantastic spam Wordle prompt. You can read one of those body poems here, or I will see you next time!
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Here we go: Vowel Cosmorama
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A definitional poem:
My Chelation
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I too did not manage to follow the prompt this week. However, here is a semi-poetic, semi-liturgical effort I wrote instead, titled “Litany of Blessing.”
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I chose not to use a couple of the words which were too “out there” to mesh with the story that was longing to be told.
http://juliejordanscott.typepad.com/jjspoetry/2009/10/renegades-soul-progeny-readwritepoem-get-your-poem-on-96.html
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Another Sonnet 2, a Petrarchan sonnet composed for an exercise for the RWP New Formalism group, uses 4 words from the spam wordle, in a followthrough to an earlier Petrarchan sonnet done for the same RWP group
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I didn’t write about spam, but the words inspired two very different poems. Each used all the wonderful words. The first became too personal to share, so here’s the second:
October
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I used them all – not a great poem, by any means, but fun to play with!
My piece “The Poet Calls for Collaboration” is here:
http://wp.me/pv41q-5b
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here is mine for RWP96…
spam from THE SUMMER OF LOVE
http://waynepitchko.blogspot.com
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