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Dreamers In Love 2 Sarah Ellen Davidoff 13 hours
Awash 1 Marie 13 hours
First post, let me know what you think 5 Angelos 2 days
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Third post, please comment :) 3 Robin 2 days
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Read Write Poem Information and Fun Stuff
New Participant Orientation – What you need to know about the site and the community.
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Site Feedback and Technical Issues – Discuss anything related to the inner workings of readwritepoem.org
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Read Write Poem T-shirt Slogan Ideas – Leave your Read Write Poem T-shirt slogan ideas here. We just might use one, or several!
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General Discussion – Post topics that don't fit elsewhere here. 7 14
Books – A cozy corner for book talk. 2 6
Poetry Critique – Formal critique groups with all guidelines and helpful information accessible on the navigation bar under "Critique."
Critique 101 — Gentle Critique - Forum – Critique 101 is the place to get mild yet constructive feedback whether you are a new poet OR if you just want to keep it light. Read the guidelines under the navigation bar for everything you need to know about this group.
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Critique 201 — Intermediate Critique - Forum – This is the group for intermediate critique OR for members with more than basic experience but who do not want more involved feedback. Read the guidelines under the navigation bar for everything you need to know about this group.
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Critique 301 — Advanced Critique - Forum – This is the advanced critique group for member who can provide and accept candid, respectful and constructive critique. (Candid is not rude.) Read the guidelines under the navigation bar for everything you need to know about this group.
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Poetry News – Post and browse events, contests and other poetry news.
Events – Share poetry readings and activities.
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Contests, Calls and Deadlines – Announcements, calls for submissions, deadlines and the like.
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Other Poetry News – Got general poetry news to dish about? Post it here.
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Forums for Read Write Poem Groups
African Diasporic Voices - Forum – This group will focus on the discussion, creation, and sharing of poetry that expresses the perspectives of the diasporic peoples of Africa and their descendents.
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American Sentences - Forum – An exploration of Allen Ginsberg’s form.
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Creative Process - Forum – For people interested in exploring, expanding, and documenting the creative process.
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Digital Poetry & Poetics - Forum – For the dissemination of all things related to digital/machine poetry & poetics, especially the use of software in the creation of poetic works. Also, for sharing such works and the gathering of related links & resources.n
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Found Poetry - Forum – For those interested in discussing and demonstrating examples of found poetry.n
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Guerilla Poetry - Forum – This group is linked to the Guerrilla Poetry series.
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Haiku and Other Asian Forms - Forum – We talk about formal short forms such as haiku, senryū, renku, etc.
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LOLCat Poetry - Forum – You know, stuff like this:nLOLcat WastelandnOr this:nThe LamburgernLink to any LOLcat poetry you see online, or make your own LOLcat poems and post links to the poems or the poems themselves. There’s a permanent forum thread where you can leave the work or links to work.nCan has poems?n
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Marketing Your Poetry - Forum – On my blog, Poet Mom, I have written two posts about poetry and marketing:nThe Marketing of Poetry: http://poetmom.blogspot.com/2009/08/marketing-of-poetry.htmlnandn“What is the profile of the average poetry book buyer?”: http://poetmom.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-is-profile-of-average-poetry-book.htmlnSo I thought I would continue the conversation here. Specifically, I want to hear about the innovative ways you market your readings, community events, books, chapbooks, online projects, [...]n
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NaPoWriMo - Forum – During NaPoWriMo, Read Write Poem will share a prompt each day. Don’t miss it. When it’s closer to the event, we will open up a forum for this group where members can create their own blogroll.n
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Online Poetry Journal Publishers and Editors - Forum – This group is for those who publish or edit online poetry journals. Use the forum to discuss best practices, offer advice, and announce what’s going on with your journals. n
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Poetry Avengers! - Forum – Afraid to read at an open mic and you finally did it? POW! After months of saying “I’m working on sending things out,” you finally hit send on those submissions? BAM! nIf you have done something above and beyond to make the world a more poetic place, YOU are a Poetry [...]n
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Poetry Mini-Challenges - Forum – A working group for the regular RWP feature: Poetry Mini-Challenges.nTo get us started, here’s the first prompt and an explanation of the mini-challenge.nWe’ll use the group wire for socializing and answering questions and solving problems. nWe’ll use the forums (labeled according to mini-challenge assignments) for posting links to our work (for bloggers) and the work [...]n
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Prose : Poetry & The Apple - Forum – Prose : Poetry = as in prose that is poetry. nThis group is open to discussions about Prose : Poetry in the public arena, such as literary magazines, podcasts, youtube, published collections, classics, literary events etc. nMembers may also share personal works of Prose : Poetry, but in doing so must realize that they [...]n
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Read Write Poem Group Administrators - Forum – A metagroup for anyone administering a Read Write Poem group to keep up to date with the latest technical announcements and discuss how to manage and/or promote your group.n
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Read Write Poem Virtual Book Tour - Forum – This group is for those who want to keep up with the latest Read Write Poem Virtual Blog Tour news, those who have participated in the series as reviewers and those who are interested in being reviewers.nGroup avatar from Old Book Shop by jayniebell in accordance with her Creative Commons license.n
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Revisionaries - Forum – Roll up your sleeves and revise your “Read Write Poems” or any poems you’d like! Each Monday, we’ll provide a revision strategy and encourage you to use the Revisionaries forum to post the “before” and “after” poems (or, preferably, links). Whether you want to tweak it or transform it, this is the place to be [...]n
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Teaching Poetry - Forum – A group for educators (and anyone else) interested in discussing ways to address reading and writing poetry in schools at every level—a place to share the practical and impractical, the pragmatic and philosophical, the pedagogical and madcap.n
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Video Poetry - Forum – This is a group for creators and fans of video poetry. Know of a cool video, video site, or video-creating resource? Share it here.
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What Is Poetry? - Forum – An ongoing discussion of the definition of poetry, when it succumbs to chopped prose, when it fails to impart a sufficient experience to the reader, when it succeeds and why.n
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Wordle Word Bank - Forum – The WWB is here to collect words for our monthly Read Write Word prompt. Share your word love here!n
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Collaborative Poetry - Forum – Try your hand at collaborative poetry. 8 90
Ekphrasis - Forum – In this group, ekphrasis will be interpreted in its broadest sense as words describing images. There are many artists and photographers among the RWP community. This forum will be a place where word and image come together. While images may be the work of the writer, let’s leave the door open to [...]n 2 2
International Poets - Forum – For non-American poets who would like to discuss the writing experience from a different cultural and geographical perspective. n 1 2
Micropoetry - Forum – Poetry written on or for microblog platforms, such as Twitter, Identi.ca and Facebook.n 5 94
Nature Poetry - Forum – for poets who write about naturen 7 56
New Formalism - Forum – For poets interested in metrical and rhymed verse, or in altered versions of standard forms. 5 99
Philosophy Meets Poetry - Forum – Are you a philosopher? Do you love reading Plato, Socrates, Aquinas, Augustine, Nietzsche, and all the rest? Do you incorporate philosophy into your poetry? This group is for you! A place to discuss the theory and practice of merging philosophy and poetry.n 7 40
Poetry and Performance - Forum – A group for everyone who performs their work in public or who would like to. Share tips and experiences. n 4 44
Poetry and Translation - Forum – A place for sharing favourite translations, sharing ideas about translation and discussing what changes when a poem is translated. n 6 29
Poets We Love - Forum – We don’t write poetry in a vacuum. This group is for sharing the work of Poets who inspire, motivate or just bring pleasure to read.nLinks to work only at this time, please.n 12 29
Poets Who Do Visual Art - Forum – Are you a poet who also creates visual art? Do you do drawing, painting, sculpture, digital art, printmaking, photography, fine crafts, videography, filmmaking, or the like? nIn what way does your visual art influence your poetry, or does your poetry influence your visual art — or perhaps case by case, one may influence [...]n 9 87
Politics and poetry - Forum – For discussion of the pleasures, challenges and pitfalls of poetry composed in response to current events. (Please share links or brief quotes rather than whole poems.)nImage: Moldova stamp honoring Léopold Sédar Senghor, poet and first president of Senegal, via Wikimedia Commons.n 2 50
Virtual Poetry Flash Mob - Forum – Yes. Really.n 1 20

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