April 1 marks the beginning of (Inter)National Poetry Month and the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Challenge. For details on [...]]]> by the Read Write Poem Staff

Were you inspired by last week’s Read Write Image prompt? Whether or not you wrote to the prompt, leave a link to your poem, or the poem itself, in the comments section.

April 1 marks the beginning of (Inter)National Poetry Month and the Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Challenge. For details on the challenge, please refer to the two sticky posts on the site’s main page. If you are taking part in the challenge, leave you link for today’s NaPoWriMo poem in the comments of the NaPoWriMo #1: Shuffle a Poem post.

If you don’t want to take part in the challenge, no worries. You can participate each week as usual by leaving your link on the Thursday NaPoWriMo prompt post. This month, you can select from any of the daily, member-authored prompts for use in place of the weekly Read Write Prompt we usually provide. Whatever you do, get your poem on!

Please read this page to find out how Read Write Poem’s prompt posts work. Remember that work linked from any post this month is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing. If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and [...]]]> by Dave Jarecki

It’s time to get on with the gettin’ on. Where did the thread take you? Midnight reveries? Sour morning frustrations? Back to the moment that sparked your being? Wherever you went, and however you arrived, we can’t wait to read!

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Dave Jarecki writes poetry, fiction and nonfiction from his home in Portland, Ore. Read and listen to his work, as well as the work of guest writers, at DaveJarecki.com.

Did you find you favored other people’s words? Did some give you fits? (And if you wrote using some other inspiration, that’s OK, too. You never have to write [...]]]> by Deb Scott

It’s Thursday, and time to post links to the poems you wrote for us this week (or leave us your entire poem in the comments).

Did you find you favored other people’s words? Did some give you fits? (And if you wrote using some other inspiration, that’s OK, too. You never have to write to the prompt. We are not like that around here.) Whatever you did, or didn’t do, share it. And come back tomorrow for the next great prompt.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Deb Scott is a community director for Read Write Poem and co-manages our Virtual Book Tour. She admits to loving Wordles if for no other reason than to admire all the offerings. Deb blogs at Stoney Moss.

Along with your links (or your poem), you might want to say a little something about how the process worked for you this [...]]]> by the Read Write Poem Staff

Did Zachary Schomburg’s amazing prompt help you create something completely new this week? Was it inspiring, frightening, freeing or complicating? All of the above? None of the above?

Along with your links (or your poem), you might want to say a little something about how the process worked for you this week.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another prompt (it’s our celebrity prompt).

Please read this page [...]]]> by the Read Write Poem Staff

How did last week’s image prompt inspire you? Did you write to it, or something else? (It’s okay if you didn’t write to prompt. We’re just glad you are here, reading and writing poetry.)

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another prompt (it’s our celebrity prompt).

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Whether your wrote about what you believe or what you don’t believe — and even if you wrote about whatever the heck you wanted to write about! — post your links or your poems in [...]]]> by Carolee Sherwood

Hello, Thursday, it’s me, Carolee. I brought a few friends. They brought a few poems! (You brought poems, right?)

Whether your wrote about what you believe or what you don’t believe — and even if you wrote about whatever the heck you wanted to write about! — post your links or your poems in the comments section of this post. Once you’ve done that, skip around and visit your fellow poets.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another prompt.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Carolee Sherwood is a poet and artist who lives in Upstate New York. She is co-editor of Ouroboros Review, mother of three boys and a veteran Read Write Poem columnist. You can find her rambling about the creative life at Carolee Sherwood and drafting poems at I Am Maureen.

Last week’s Read Write (Word) Prompt offerings were all over the map! How did that work out for you? (And if you wrote using some other inspiration, that’s OK, too. You never have to write [...]]]> by Deb Scott

It’s Thursday, and time to post links to this week’s poems (or leave us your poem in the comments).

Last week’s Read Write (Word) Prompt offerings were all over the map! How did that work out for you? (And if you wrote using some other inspiration, that’s OK, too. You never have to write to the prompt. We are not like that around here.) Whatever you did, or didn’t do, share it. And come back tomorrow for the next great prompt.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Deb Scott is a community director for Read Write Poem and co-manages our Virtual Book Tour. She admits to loving Wordles if nothing other than to admire all the offerings. Deb blogs at Stoney Moss.

Along with your links, you might want to say a little something about how the [...]]]> by the Read Write Poem Staff

Is everyone’s poetic self freshly scrubbed, soothed and refreshed by Mary Biddinger’s fantastic prompt? What was the process like? What did it feel like to really scrutinize your work and attempt to try something different?

Along with your links, you might want to say a little something about how the process worked for you this week.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Now’s the time to show off your work. Leave a link in the comments section. I’m excited to read what you’ve [...]]]> by Nathan Moore

Did this week’s image prompt have you staring at a three-legged chair? Did you linger with the mystery? Or did you build some symbolic architecture? Tell a story? Write about something completely different?

Now’s the time to show off your work. Leave a link in the comments section. I’m excited to read what you’ve all made!

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Nathan Moore is community director and columnist for Read Write Poem. In his spare time, he plays with his children and with fire. Never at the same time. He blogs at Exhaust Fumes and French Fries.

Everyone has been sharing such delicious tidbits in the prompt this week — I really can’t wait to see what you all came up with. [...]]]> by Dana Guthrie Martin

Did you take this week’s prompt literally? Were you transported to another realm? Can you tell I am trying to do a little wordplay with the word transliteral?

Everyone has been sharing such delicious tidbits in the prompt this week — I really can’t wait to see what you all came up with. So leave a link. You know you want to.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

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.

Last week’s Read Write (Word) Prompt suggested you beg, borrow or steal a few (or a lot of) words. Did you? Or did your writing come from someplace entirely different. (That’s OK, too. You never [...]]]> by Deb Scott

It’s Thursday, and time to post links to this week’s poems (or leave us your poem in the comments).

Last week’s Read Write (Word) Prompt suggested you beg, borrow or steal a few (or a lot of) words. Did you? Or did your writing come from someplace entirely different. (That’s OK, too. You never have to write to the prompt. We are not like that around here.) Whatever you did, or didn’t do, share it. And come back tomorrow for the next great prompt.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Deb Scott is a community director for Read Write Poem. She also co-manages the Read Write Poem Virtual Book Tour. In past lives she used to borrow her friends clothes all the time. She doesn’t do that anymore, but she does steal her husbands desserts on occasion. Deb blogs at Stoney Moss.

How was your work with the dictionary? [...]]]> by the Read Write Poem Staff

Last week’s prompt by Matthew Zapruder invited us to explore the relationship between our individual use of language and the ways language can express itself through us. Were you able to get a sense of the tension between the particular and the absolute?

How was your work with the dictionary? What could be more fun than swimming around among words both common and strange? Let’s see what you came up with!

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

On behalf of the [...]]]> by Andre Tan

Did you find inspiration in the light of last week’s image? As was mentioned, for every poem written in response to the prompt, we will be donating one food item (or its cash equivalent up to $150) to Hopelink, a wonderful Seattle area organization that assists those in need.

On behalf of the Read Write Poem directors (Dana, Nathan, Deb and myself), thank you for taking the time to write and share your work during this busy holiday season, and every week. We wish you the best for the coming year!

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Andre Tan is Read Write Poem’s technology director. Whenever the right side of his brain subdues the left side with an oversized ACME mallet, he can be found creatively frolicking with a motley assortment of poets, filmmakers, actors and other artists.

Whatever you wrote, share a link to your work in the comments section of this [...]]]> by the Read Write Poem Staff

Did you repeat yourself this week along the lines of Rethabile’s prompt? Did you repeat yourself this week along the lines of Rethabile’s prompt? Did you repeat yourself this week along the lines of Rethabile’s prompt?

Whatever you wrote, share a link to your work in the comments section of this post! (If you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave your poem as a comment.)

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Last week’s prompt borrowed words from one of my favorite poets, William Stafford, specifically from the first stanza of “An Oregon Message.” Not everyone is a Stafford fan, but I am, and I hope [...]]]> by Deb Scott

It’s Thursday, and time to post links to this week’s poems (or leave us your poem, verbatim, in the comments).

Last week’s prompt borrowed words from one of my favorite poets, William Stafford, specifically from the first stanza of “An Oregon Message.” Not everyone is a Stafford fan, but I am, and I hope you’ll poke around the Poetry Foundation site, read about him and a few of his poems. But right now it’s your turn to share your words, whether or not you used many, or any, of the ones Bill used.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Deb Scott is community and news director for Read Write Poem. She also co-manages the Read Write Poem Virtual Book Tour. In her other life she loves to hunt for treasure and tends to leave holes in her backyard (don’t blame her dog). Deb blogs at Stoney Moss.

Please read this page to find out how the Get [...]]]> by Dana Guthrie Martin

Did you get that pomegranate poem in the palm of your hand this week, or did it betray you by rolling under the butcher block island? Either way, leave a link to what you would like to share. We’re sure it’s something juicy.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

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.

Did you write about  food associations or something else entirely? Was this week’s holiday (in the States) a prompt or an impediment? Whatever you did, share it with us, and come back all weekend [...]]]> by Deb Scott

It’s Thursday, and time to post links to this week’s poems (or leave us your poem, verbatim, in the comments).

Did you write about  food associations or something else entirely? Was this week’s holiday (in the States) a prompt or an impediment? Whatever you did, share it with us, and come back all weekend to check up on your fellow poets. Some folks might have a big meal planned today and won’t have the (cough) [time] [fortitude] [guts] [stomach] to get back here for a day or two.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

Deb Scott is community and news director for Read Write Poem. She also co-manages the Read Write Poem Virtual Book Tour. In her other life she eats way too much, plays with her food and words, and blogs at Stoney Moss.

Please read this page [...]]]> by Jessica Fox-Wilson

How did your poems progress? Did they pop with power and persuasion? Did they perk up with all the peppy P-words? Well, pony up and participate! Pull out the links to your p-p-p-poems and post them in the comments below. Personally, I am pleased as punch to see your pretty verses.

Please read this page to find out how the Get Your Poem On and Read Write Prompt posts work.

Remember that work linked from this post is shared in precisely that spirit: sharing, as opposed to critiquing.

If you haven’t done so already, please read all the pages under About in the navigation bar.

If you participate in a Read Write Prompt, we ask that you link back here in your posts, either with a link to Read Write Poem or by using the Read Write Poem badge in your post. Sidebar links are great but it helps others find the site when you link in every post you contribute to the project. It’s not a lot to ask in acknowledgment of the work everyone is doing in providing prompts for members to use.

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.