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how do you: celebrate national poetry month?
13 Comments Published by January April 10th, 2008 in Discussion Thread, January, NaPoWriMo.Ahhh, April—that special time of year when our thoughts turn to spring, Opening Day in baseball and National Poetry Month in the U.S. So, how do you mark what is supposed to be “the cruelest month?” When you tell friends and family it is National Poetry Month, are your responses similar to this:
“National Poetry Month? [...]
poll “dance”: who knows if we’re poets?
2 Comments Published by Deb March 11th, 2008 in Deb, Discussion Thread, Poll Dance.Carolee is taking a little time off to be with her family this week, so I am stepping in to give you a place to talk about the current poll, should you want to.
We had a lot of voting in response to this week’s question: “Who in your ‘real life’ knows that you’re a poet?”
As [...]
poetry out loud: audio blogging for poets (some preliminary conclusions)
8 Comments Published by Read Write Poem March 4th, 2008 in Dave, Discussion Thread, Poetry Out Loud.Hi poets,
This week I’ve asked Dave Bonta (via negativa), one of our participants at Read Write Poem, to talk about how blogging poets might create audio recordings and include them on their sites. I asked Dave because he’s a blogging poet with experience in these things, and has helped other poets learn how to make [...]
poll “dance”: how does a poet grow big and strong?
4 Comments Published by Carolee February 26th, 2008 in Carolee, Discussion Thread, Poll Dance. At least half of those who responded to the current “read write poll” believe that “growing poetically” is the hardest part of being a poet. I am thrilled about that!
I am not happy that you’re struggling to grow poetically, but I am happy that you want it. It tells me that this community sees [...]
the real deal: a report from the 2008 awp conference
3 Comments Published by January February 14th, 2008 in Discussion Thread, January.Last month marked my fourth year attending the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, this year in New York City. And because it was in the Big Apple, it certainly was … well … ginormous! With a reported 7,500 people registered, I couldn’t help but think about the poets and writers who have [...]
poll “dance”: are you the temperamental artist-type?
9 Comments Published by Carolee February 12th, 2008 in Carolee, Discussion Thread, Poll Dance. If you Google “temperamental artist stereotype,” you find heavy representation of articles from the world of psychiatry. It’s not difficult to argue mental illness in many famous artists and writers: Van Gogh cut off his ear and Sylvia Plath put her head in the oven, for example.
There are dozens of these tragic stories about [...]
poll “dance”: poetry in an orderly fashion
11 Comments Published by Carolee January 29th, 2008 in Carolee, Discussion Thread, Poll Dance. I always wanted to be a poll dancer, and it’s appropriate that this poet’s first foray into the field is figurative. I’ll be “poll dancing” - launching a discussion about our sidebar polls - every couple of weeks here at Read Write Poem.
The current poll asks, “How often do you organize your poetry-related life?” [...]
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