get your poem on #115

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.

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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.

get your poem on #114

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.

get your poem on #113

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.

get your poem on #112

by Dave Jarecki

Where did the narrative wallpaper take you? Did you fall into a story of wagons and bottles, trip into a memory of women in gowns? Did you watch a repetitious universe burn up in the glow? Or maybe you ran with David Berman’s fragment and followed the Pennsylvanian sunset back down the local mountain.

Whatever you did, it’s time to share.

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 jareckiDave Jarecki writes poetry, prose and strategic communications from his home office in Portland, Ore. Read and listen to his work, as well as the work of guest writers, at DaveJarecki.com.

get your poem on #111

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.

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  • read write poem napowrimo anthology
    June 20, 2010 | 1:36 pm

    The 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 pm

    Remember 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 pm

    It’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 pm

    January 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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