WEEKLY READ WRITE PROMPT

Aug. 18, 2008 — The current Get Your Poem On post is here. This is where you leave us a link to your blog, this week in response to Juliet's prompt to be in the moment.

POLL DANCE

Aug. 17, 2008 —This time the poll dance is a collaboration. Meet the Funnelcakes. And the monkeys.

There's a new poll up. But you can keep talking to or about the Funnelcakes for a while.

RANDOM PROMPTS

A different word or phrase will appear here each time you visit the site or refresh the page. Your current prompt is — cantilever

RANDOM WRITING TIP

Think of all the things that provoke anxiety in you, and write them into a poem.

RANDOM READING TIP

Poetry is at its heart an oral tradition. After completing a poem, read your poem aloud to see how it sounds. Remember to take a slight pause (about a breath) at the end of lines to see how the rhythm carries the meaning.

RANDOM COLLABORATING TIP

Use instant messaging to write a poem with a collaborator by taking turns one word, one phrase or one line at a time. With group chat, you can do this with more than one partner.