by Jessica Fox-Wilson
It’s everywhere, clogging up our email boxes, littering our precious blog comment areas, even sneaking up on us at work. The subject lines scream at us, entice us, beg us to read. If you pay attention to spam long enough, you begin to notice the language. Believe it or not, there are really interesting words hiding in our spam.
For this week’s Read Write (Word) Prompt, I invited the Wordle Word Bank group to check their spam filters and fish out the best words. Group members Liam, Nathan and Joanne provided the spammy words in this week’s image.
Now it’s your turn to play. Use as many (or as few) of the spam-inspired words to create a spam poem all your own. Then, come back here next Thursday to share your masterpiece with the rest of us. In the meantime, we can use the comments here to discuss the post.
If you want to join in the word fun, head on over to the Wordle Word Bank to donate some words. I’ll continue to post theme forums for upcoming Read Write (Word) prompts.
Happy writing! 
 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.
by Jessica Fox-Wilson
Want to know what I love most about facilitating the monthly Read Write (Word) Prompt? Each time I sit down to review the words that my fellow poets submitted and find a real gem, I think, “We must have used that word by now. That’s such an awesome word.” I check our used words, all 301 of them as of this prompt, and learn that no, we haven’t used that perfect word yet. Then, I get to add them to the list and wait to get surprised again.
Group members James, Laura, Katie, Nubia, Michael, Kathy and Barbara helped compile this prompt’s gems, over at the Wordle Word Bank. In an added moment of synchronicity, both Michael and Nubia contributed one of these words, and I was shocked that we hadn’t used it to date.
Now I’m leaving these words to you, to include as many (or as few) as you like in a poem of your own. You can link to the fruits of your labor in the comment section of next Thursday’s Get Your Poem On post. I implore you to wait until then, so that everyone can share their work together. We’ll save the comments on this post for general chatter about the words and the prompt.
If you want to share some of your favorite words for an upcoming Read Write (Word) Prompt, head on over to the Wordle Word Bank, in the member site and contribute in our “General Words” forum. We also have a forum specifically for a future prompt, so check it out!
See you next week!
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.
by Jessica Fox-Wilson
Welcome, one and all, to another word-obsessed writing prompt. This week’s words were collected in a novel way — through the Wordle Word Bank, a new group on the newly expanded Read Write Poem member site.
Group members Dana, Mark, Rallentanda, Katie, Jill and Nathan posted these creative words on the group’s wire. I’ve incorporated them into this week’s writing prompt.
To participate in the prompt, simply fold some (or all) of these words into an original poem of your choice. During next Thursday’s Get Your Poem On post, share your link with the group. To keep things orderly, we do ask that you wait to share your links until the Get Your Poem On post goes up. Talk all you want here about the prompt — just save your links so they are all in one place and more people will see your work (and so mass confusion won’t ensue).
If you would like to contribute words for future wordle prompts, please join us over at the Wordle Word Bank group. Every so often, I’ll post requests for different types of words, and I’ll use those words in a future Read Write (Word) Prompt.
Happy writing!
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.
by Jessica Fox-Wilson
It’s that time again, to revel in our donated words and create masterpieces from their syllables. So, let’s get started! This week’s words came from generous souls Fiona, Michelle and Sam.
If you want to play along, all you need to do is use as many (or as few) of the words as you like and create your very own poem out of them. After that, you can share your brilliance in the comments Thursday’s Get Your Poem On post.
Please, please, please save your poems until then. Since this prompt will serve as our weekly prompt, we really want your poem to get as much attention as possible.
If you want to help out with the Read Write Word prompt, we can really use your words. Please send a list of your favorite words to info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org. We’d love to use them in a future prompt.
Now, get writing!
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.
by Jessica Fox-Wilson
 For this week’s Read Write Word prompt, we’ve got two (count ‘em) participants to thank for their word donations. Both Beth and Claudia sent us some lovely words that we’ve happily lumped into a Wordle formation. You should thank them, by the way, because this week’s prompt has some creative and odd words for your poems.
So how does this prompt work? It’s easy. You can choose as many (or as few) of Beth and Claudia’s words to infuse into a new poem. Once you’re done, you can post a link to your poem in the comments here or wait until Thursday’s Get Your Poem On post to share your work.
If you’ve got some creative or odd words that you’d like to share (or some beautiful, haunting, or whimsical words), email us a list at info (at) readwritepoem (dot) org. We can always use new words for future prompts!
(And remember that the Read Write Word and Read Write Image are now part of the regular weekly lineup of prompts we’re sharing each Friday as opposed to being separate prompts shared in addition to the Friday prompts — hence the renaming/numbering in the title of this post.)
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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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