by Juliet Wilson
Did you use hyperlinks in your poetry this week? Or did you write something self-contained and free from links?
Whatever you wrote, leave a link to it here. In the comments. A hyperlink to your poem!
Please, link back here in your posts, either with a hyperlink to Read Write Poem or by using the badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps our “internet health” when you link in every post you contribute to the project. And please add “Read Write Poem” in your tags, if you don’t mind.
For the new folks: Please take a few moments to read the About pages, including our Copyrights page. If you have any questions about the project after reading through those pages, email us at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
by Juliet Wilson
I read a discussion somewhere recently about how most online poetry doesn’t take advantage of the unique opportunities offered by being online, particularly hyperlinks. (Sorry, I don’t know where this discussion is, otherwise I’d link to it!) Being aware that most of my blog readers aren’t in the UK, I regularly use hyperlinks in my poems to direct readers to pages showing the birds I so often write about, as in this haiku:
leaves unfurl -
the chaffinch’s chest brighter
than yesterday
But there must be so much more potential than this! So I’m suggesting that in this week’s challenge you think about how you can use hyperlinks to add depth to your poetry. Perhaps to save explaining a reference, you can just add a link, or perhaps you can link to a series of photos that complement your words. This offers good opportunities to collaborate, too.
Whatever you write, remember to come back next week to Get Your Poem On and share your work.
by Juliet Wilson
The world seems to be getting noisier all the time, and often writers find themselves needing to block it out so they can concentrate. Well this week, don’t do that. Instead, listen to all the noise and let it inspire your poetry!
For example, you could write a mood piece based on the sounds around you at the moment or write a narrative driven by sound. Or you might prefer to write about silence. Or something else entirely.
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A note from “admin”: This month, since we’re all trying to write every day, we’re leaving the comments open with each prompt so you can post links to your poems as you write them. So, go ahead and write your poem, post your poem (with a link to Read Write Poem and a Read Write Poem tag, if you would) and come back to this very spot and share your link with us.
Of course, if you’re a creature of habit, you can always post your links at next week’s “Get Your Poem On” post. Who are we to mess around with what works for you?
And don’t forget to go read the poems of others in this wonderful writing community. We’re all in this NaPoWriMo “mess” (ha ha!) together; let’s support each other in the insanity that is writing (every day)!
by Juliet Wilson
Has spring sprung for you? Are you making a new start on something? Or are you in the midst of autumn or a tropical storm?
Are you into NaPoWriMo madness, having been corrupted inspired by “the madwomen standing outside the supermarket door shoving poems into unsuspecting shoppers’ pockets?”
Share your poetry inspired by spring or other seasons. Or by Monday’s image prompt. Or by yesterday or today’s NaPoWriMo prompt. Or by anything at all. (We are not picky when it comes to inspiration!)
Please, link back here in your posts, either with a hyperlink to Read Write Poem or by using the badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps our “internet health” when you link in every post you contribute to the project. And please add “Read Write Poem” in your tags, if you don’t mind.
For the new folks: Please take a few moments to read the About pages, including our Copyrights page. If you have any questions about the project after reading through those pages, email us at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
by Juliet Wilson
It’s spring! The grass is growing, the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing! It’s a time of new beginnings and growth. Let spring or new beginnings inspire your poetry this week.
If you’re in the southern hemisphere, you may prefer to write about autumn, if you’re in the tropics, you may want to write about the monsoon or the dry season.
Of course, wherever you are, you may prefer to write about something else entirely!
Whatever you write, remember to come back next week to Get Your Poem On and share your work.
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read write poem news- read write poem napowrimo anthology
June 20, 2010 | 1:36 pmThe Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Anthology is still in production. Selection, placement, layout and copyediting are taking longer than anticipated. Thank you for your patience. I hope to have the piece completed in July. For those who have emailed asking if they can be included, the May 7 deadline for submission of work stands. Those who met that deadline will be included. Please check the post on this site listing who I received submissions from by that date. If you submitted your work by the May 7 deadline in accordance with our guidelines and your name is not listed, send an email to info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org.
- read write poem napowrimo anthology
May 5, 2010 | 3:09 pmRemember that Friday* is the deadline for submitting work to the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Anthology. Check out the guidelines for submission in the main column (to the left). On May 8, we’ll post a news item listing everyone we’ve received work from. If you submitted work and your name is not on that list, please let us know. Thanks!
*I initially said “tomorrow,” but I meant to say “Friday.”
- napowrimo congratulations, and a reminder
April 24, 2010 | 12:05 pmIt’s the final week of the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Challenge! Just 7 days left. With that, a reminder that Read Write Poem will culminate with the anthology featuring work from those who complete the challenge. A post with details for submitting to the anthology will be published May 1. Be sure you remove any information from the site that you want preserved — such as group content and personal messages. Those elements of the site will be removed May 1 as well. The main site will remain up as an archive.
- ‘underlife’ tour at january gill o’neil’s blog
April 20, 2010 | 8:11 pmJanuary Gill O’Neil’s virtual book tour has moved to her site and is underway now. Check out the lineup at Poet Mom.
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thank you and farewell As of May 1, 2010, Read Write Poem is no longer active.
In late May, an anthology featuring work from those who completed the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Challenge will be published here and on issuu.com.
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