Comments on: read write prompt #108, a mechanical approach, by matthew zapruder http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/ Mon, 03 May 2010 01:01:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mad Woman Speak « Red Petals http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-14246 Mad Woman Speak « Red Petals Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:56:02 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-14246 [...] Prompt #108 [...] [...] Prompt #108 [...]

]]> By: Nike Looks for Zelos « Raven’s Wing Poetry http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-13301 Nike Looks for Zelos « Raven’s Wing Poetry Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:14:08 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-13301 [...] week’s Read Write Word Prompt was courtesy of guest celebrity poet Matthew Zapruder. He suggested to us that we use a mechanical [...] [...] week’s Read Write Word Prompt was courtesy of guest celebrity poet Matthew Zapruder. He suggested to us that we use a mechanical [...]

]]> By: Daughter of the Ring of Fire » Blog Archive » Thursday Read Write Poem http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12330 Daughter of the Ring of Fire » Blog Archive » Thursday Read Write Poem Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:50:00 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12330 [...] she shee! half she comes to heat blurried and not his hag vain have been written in response to read write prompt 108, a mechanical approach, by matthew zapruder, but using a text other than the dictionary. Can you identify the source? Spread the [...] [...] she shee! half she comes to heat blurried and not his hag vain have been written in response to read write prompt 108, a mechanical approach, by matthew zapruder, but using a text other than the dictionary. Can you identify the source? Spread the [...]

]]> By: Poem: A World Backwards, or, A Non-Theist Friend Is Drawn Into Theological Debate « Rhiannon Problematising Stuff http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12273 Poem: A World Backwards, or, A Non-Theist Friend Is Drawn Into Theological Debate « Rhiannon Problematising Stuff Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:40:02 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12273 [...] 8, 2010 by rhiannonproblematising This poem is based on the ‘mechanical’ prompt at Read Write Poem. I didn’t have a dictionary to hand when I wrote it on the train, [...] [...] 8, 2010 by rhiannonproblematising This poem is based on the ‘mechanical’ prompt at Read Write Poem. I didn’t have a dictionary to hand when I wrote it on the train, [...]

]]> By: January 6 « NELLE http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12263 January 6 « NELLE Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:44:56 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12263 [...] ……………… prompt 108 a mechanical approach [...] [...] ……………… prompt 108 a mechanical approach [...]

]]> By: woking with words | Stoney Moss http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12258 woking with words | Stoney Moss Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:56:33 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12258 [...] strange little draft is in response to this week’s Read Write Poem prompt, supplied by Matthew Zapruder, with a twist. My writing time was bus time this week, and rather than cart a dictionary with me (I [...] [...] strange little draft is in response to this week’s Read Write Poem prompt, supplied by Matthew Zapruder, with a twist. My writing time was bus time this week, and rather than cart a dictionary with me (I [...]

]]> By: The Test | Coyote Mercury http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12255 The Test | Coyote Mercury Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:47:35 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12255 [...] is for Read Write Poem’s latest prompt (#108). Click here to read what others did with this [...] [...] is for Read Write Poem’s latest prompt (#108). Click here to read what others did with this [...]

]]> By: backward « Briarcat's Thicket http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12253 backward « Briarcat's Thicket Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:01:23 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12253 [...] 2010 January 7 tags: dictionary, imagination, Poetry, truth, writing by barbara_y For the prompt 108, Matthew Zapruder shares a suggested technique for finding the elusive something to write by [...] [...] 2010 January 7 tags: dictionary, imagination, Poetry, truth, writing by barbara_y For the prompt 108, Matthew Zapruder shares a suggested technique for finding the elusive something to write by [...]

]]> By: pamela sayers http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12251 pamela sayers Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:19:24 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12251 Here is a poem I feel like needs some revision. But I just don't know where to go with it. To understand Is that something you believe in? Do you understand the complexity of life? You need to look round to see it all very clearly Do you live on your whims? Do you think about others before you act? Don't you ever consider the outcome? You need to look deep in yourself To understand To answer these questions Search for the reason Then tell me how am I to understand To understand what is you do To understand what it is you say Here is a poem I feel like needs some revision. But I just don’t know where to go with it.

To understand

Is that something you believe in?
Do you understand the complexity of life?

You need to look round to see it all very clearly
Do you live on your whims?

Do you think about others before you act?
Don’t you ever consider the outcome?

You need to look deep in yourself
To understand
To answer these questions

Search for the reason
Then tell me how am I to understand

To understand what is you do
To understand what it is you say

]]> By: get your poem on #108 « Read Write Poem http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12209 get your poem on #108 « Read Write Poem Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:35:25 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12209 [...] week’s prompt by Matthew Zapruder invited us to explore the relationship between our individual use of language [...] [...] week’s prompt by Matthew Zapruder invited us to explore the relationship between our individual use of language [...]

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12193 ravenswingpoetry Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:52:16 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12193 @Cynthia: I have the same problem. I'm just going to use Dictionary.com's browse feature and just move backwards through the alphabet and collect interesting words until my brain explodes. Or maybe I'll find ten. Don't know yet. @Cynthia: I have the same problem. I’m just going to use Dictionary.com’s browse feature and just move backwards through the alphabet and collect interesting words until my brain explodes. Or maybe I’ll find ten. Don’t know yet.

]]> By: jessiecarty http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12166 jessiecarty Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:23:43 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12166 sounds like fun! i'm game (especially any prompt that mentions matthea harvey :) sounds like fun! i’m game (especially any prompt that mentions matthea harvey :)

]]> By: Wayne Pitchko http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12132 Wayne Pitchko Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:03:20 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12132 mechanical toilet did not work...nor sitting on the dam mechanical staionary bike...I ll try the muchanical bull now and see or feel what happens mechanical toilet did not work…nor sitting on the dam mechanical staionary bike…I ll try the muchanical bull now and see or feel what happens

]]> By: Anisa http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12123 Anisa Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:20:28 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12123 "every morning it stirs and wakes me with its lonely cooing and together we wander into a sort of guilty state.." love this line... “every morning

it stirs and wakes me with

its lonely cooing and together

we wander into a sort of

guilty state..”

love this line…

]]> By: Rethabile http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12113 Rethabile Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:25:08 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12113 I'd peel the screen off, and read it backwards. Which should generate a different kind of poem. I’d peel the screen off, and read it backwards. Which should generate a different kind of poem.

]]> By: Cynthia Short http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12112 Cynthia Short Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:15:10 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12112 I am in a quandary..I no longer OWN a dictionary! Gave mine away years ago and just use an online one! What to do...what to do...? I am in a quandary..I no longer OWN a dictionary! Gave mine away years ago and just use an online one! What to do…what to do…?

]]> By: Karen http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12111 Karen Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:15:00 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12111 I did a similar exercise with a TV show, of all things. I chose some words that interested me from a National Geographic special on geology and ended up with a poem about writer's block. I did a similar exercise with a TV show, of all things. I chose some words that interested me from a National Geographic special on geology and ended up with a poem about writer’s block.

]]> By: love chip « lost in translation http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12107 love chip « lost in translation Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:53:50 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12107 [...] read write poem read write prompt #108, a mechanical approach, by matthew zapruder [...] [...] read write poem read write prompt #108, a mechanical approach, by matthew zapruder [...]

]]> By: Wayne Pitchko http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12106 Wayne Pitchko Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:34:42 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12106 I am not really mechanically inclined in any way shape or form...probably including poetry....hmm sitting on the mechanical toilet with pen and paper in hand might....well we will see what happens I am not really mechanically inclined in any way shape or form…probably including poetry….hmm sitting on the mechanical toilet with pen and paper in hand might….well we will see what happens

]]> By: Matthew Zapruder http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2010/01/01/read-write-prompt-108-a-mechanical-approach-by-matthew-zapruder/comment-page-1/#comment-12104 Matthew Zapruder Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:34:13 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=8157#comment-12104 Again, just to be absolutely clear, this was a process invented (as far as I know) by Matthea Harvey, which I used to write this poem. She deserves all the credit: check out the sequences in her incredible book Modern Life for the best examples of poems that result from this writing process. Again, just to be absolutely clear, this was a process invented (as far as I know) by Matthea Harvey, which I used to write this poem. She deserves all the credit: check out the sequences in her incredible book Modern Life for the best examples of poems that result from this writing process.

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