Archive for October, 2009
« Previous EntriesCongrats poets!
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Congrats to all these Read Write Poem members who are getting published. Click here to read the list.
Meet The New Face Of Free Verse
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I’m going to do something I said I don’t do and have only done once before. It’s not often and as a general rule, I don’t publish my poetry on this blog or elsewhere until it has found a home in a journal or publication somewhere. [...]
Poll Dance
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Misguided Miley
thought she was wily
just like the big fraud she portrays
but most folk are smarter
than peacocks that barter
their essence to be the next craze.
5 Movies Based on Poets
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A blogger names their 5 favorite movies based on poets. Click here to read the post.
The modernist divide
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Ben Friedlander thinks that Marianne Moore is the center of American poetry’s modernist resurgence, not Eliot or the storied Ezra Pound. He has no problem ignoring the names text books , lecturers and earnest undergraduates insist as being embedded, in place, in order. He responds to what [...]
Keepsake
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A colorful cardboard picture
in a modest wooden frame
of the classic stunning sunset
at a beach without a name
is all that I could salvage
from an unforgiving flame—
the only proper symbol
the inferno didn’t claim.
It shows a tree that’s leaning
toward a distant setting sun
as though in need of comfort
from a [...]
Clinical
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He stares at the slide
where cultures have grown
they struggled, then died
while he sat alone
observing their lot
and how they evolved—
he’ll plaintively jot
but won’t get involved.
Papillon
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She grew from a sweet, joyous puppy into a kind and gentle old lady. She loved us without reservation and scorned her bed to sleep in front of our door. She guarded our home faithfully into the last days of her life.
Everyone loved her. Vets who see [...]
Guerrilla Poetry Fun
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Last week Read Write Poem took on the concept of guerrilla poetry. Click here if you missed the post and want details about how to take part.
100 Great Sites for Poetry Lovers
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College Online lists 100 poetry sites. To read the list click here.
5 Things About October
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Mushtaq tagged me for “5 Random Things”. My collection isn’t very random, but there it is.
I love October wind
scattering gold in front
of a grey storm-wall. I love Ray Bradbury
who invented October (before him
it was just another page on the calendar),
and I love the candles
in the jack-o-lantern [...]
Bereavement
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A year is just a sum
a fear we learn to face
a drear continuum
a mere expanse of space
austere as any come
that veer away from grace
a period so glum
no teardrop will erase.
Online Audio Poetry
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A blogger shares 10 resources for listening to poetry online. Click here to read the post.
Some advice about getting published
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Lee Stringer gives advice to unpublished poets. Click here to read.
Verano
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[?]The wind takes you’re clothes off,
and the sea gets you wet.
“He has intentions for your daughter”
says the sun.
Listening in Spanish, I nod my head
as if I understood anything other than the noise of your mouth against mine.
I draw a boat in the sand,
because I’ve forgotten how to form words.
Both [...]
Poetry Video Friday: Potato Chips and Coffee
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Today I thought I’d do something a little different. I’m going to start posting videos of me (if you don’t mind looking at my ugly face) reading a poem. It won’t always be a poem I wrote. It may be a classic poem or just a [...]
Why I Started PWB
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I started Poets Who Blog because I wanted a way to stop “Screaming into the dark,” of the blogoshphere. That means posting and never knowing if anyone would read or care that I posted.
I wanted to create a supportive community.
I longed to bring poets together to review [...]
The Future of Poetry?
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A snarky post about the commercialism of poetry. Click here if snarky humor is your thing.
Daily Poetry Chat- Friday, October 23
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Seeing this post also reminds me exactly why I started PWB.
Click here to read about a poet screaming into the dark of the blogosphere.
Lets all visit www.goodnightindigo. today and give this poet some encouragement. Tell him Poets Who Blog sent you.
We can use this site to be [...]
Port City Poets
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Have you visited this online community of poets? Click here to check them out.
Leave comments if you are familiar with this site.
Hearts Patent
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[?]Have heart like
Angel has halo
A tear to witness
A broken bodily sail
Neither never princess
Be not scared
Says both one
And all impaired
Bind no rope
On none but one
Glaze into heart
Like fire do glass
Beat with at art
You both never to part
Daily Poetry Chat- Wednesday, Oct. 21
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I used to take part in Three Word Wednesday for a short time. I really loved that site. Anybody still doing those prompts?
Did you write a poem for them today? Or a piece of fiction?
Click here to visit Three Word Wednesday
Little Lovin Mondays
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At Black Eyed Susan’s blog they spend every Monday spreading the word about blogs and posts that need a little more recognition.
Stop on by today and see the links from last Monday. Stop by next week and leave a link of your own.
Click here to visit the [...]
Prompt A Day in November
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Rebert Lee Brewster of Poetic Asides will post a prompt a day in November. To read all the details click here.
Daily Poetry Chat- Tuesday, October 20th
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For a while I’ll put up a daily post where members can leave comments about what is going on today in the online poetry community. Which site does prompts on Tuesday? Who is doing the prompt today?
Get me back in the swing of things.