For this installment of O Video!, we are sharing a piece by Read Write Poem member David Moolten titled “Astronaut Goes from Migrant Fields to Outer Space.”
Moolten wrote the piece for José Hernández, who recently traveled into space as an astronaut on the Discovery space shuttle. Moolten feels the story of Hernández — once a child laborer who walked from Mexico to California to pick strawberries — “honors both the desperate struggle of immigrants and the greatness of which they are capable.”
 Dana Guthrie Martin is the founder of Read Write Poem. In 2010, she is taking a break from completing poems so she can study their component parts, while at the same time learning a new musical instrument, most likely the oboe.
by Dana Guthrie Martin
For this installment of O Video!, I asked Dave Bonta if he had featured anything recently at the video-poetry site he curates, Moving Poems, that he felt would be especially good for us to showcase here at Read Write Poem. He mentioned Gamalinda’s piece because it’s an example not only of video poetry but also found poetry.
I watched the video and was taken with it. Dave’s right — it’s a natural complement to both our Video Poetry and Found Poetry groups here at Read Write Poem. I’m very interested in what members of those groups, and the Read Write Poem membership as a whole, think of Gamalinda’s work.
So watch the piece, then strike up a conversation about it in the comments section.
Dana Guthrie Martin is the founder of Read Write Poem. She writes things and stuff. Most of the time, her things and stuff happen to be poetry, or at least they call themselves poetry. She has a robot named Feldman. He’s writing a book of poems.
by Dana Guthrie Martin
This is our first installation of the irregularly scheduled column O Video!, in which we feature video poems from Moving Poems, the video-poetry site Dave Bonta curates, as well as other sources. This piece is by Read Write Poem member Ren Powell, whose work I love and whose video poems are extraordinary. See more of her videos on her site, Anima Poetics.
Dana Guthrie Martin is the founder of Read Write Poem. She writes things and stuff. Most of the time, her things and stuff happen to be poetry, or at least they call themselves poetry. She has a robot named Feldman. He’s writing a book of poems.
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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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