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read write with red ravine: what’s in front of you?

25 Comments Published by Deb August 14th, 2008 in Collaboration, Read Write Poem, Writing Craft.

This week we bring you more in the collaborative spirit. The hosts of red Ravine, ybonesy and QuoinMonkey, invite you into their writing practice.
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Almost exactly four years ago, in the summer of 2004, I met my blog partner. We were both attending a silent retreat with Natalie Goldberg in Taos at the Mabel [...]

poetry book club: four books that changed my writing

11 Comments Published by Jessica June 12th, 2008 in Jessica, Poetry Book Club, Writing Craft.

I think that reading is one of the most fruitful activities a poet can undertake, because it is such a varied source of inspiration. 
Inspiration can come in many forms, from immersing yourself in your environment to listening to music.  For me, reading other poets has been my greatest source of inspiration, because I can see [...]

“i, too, dislike it”: the art of revision

22 Comments Published by January June 5th, 2008 in Discussion Thread, January, Writing Craft.

Revision: the bane of my poetic existence. I dislike it so much that I titled this post after the opening line of Marianne Moore’s “Poetry”—a poem which started out as 29 lines when it appeared in print in 1921, to a succinct four lines in the 1967 version.*
But the truth is most poets, including yours [...]

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.

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RANDOM PROMPTS

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


RANDOM WRITING TIP

Think of something that annoys you — a pet peeve — and write a poem painting that thing in a positive light.


RANDOM READING TIP

Decide you really Allen Ginsberg or Sylvia Plath, but you don’t know who else to read? Try reading poets of the same poetic tradition or aesthetic school. Some poets subscribe to a specific style or movement. Chances are if you like Ginsberg, you’ll love other Beats like Amiri Baraka or Gary Snyder. If you enjoy Sylvia Plath, you’d like other Confessional poets like Anne Sexton or Robert Lowell. There’s also plenty of criticism out there about poetic schools, so you can learn about the historic and personal influences on your favorite poets’ writing.


RANDOM COLLABORATING TIP

Write a poem, then take out all the important words, leaving only blank spaces. Send it to one or more collaborators and have them fill in the blanks. All the variants could even be collected in a series.

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