by Carolee, Deb & Jill It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt – finding words from our everyday lives – or any other inspiration from the week. (We love it when you write to our prompt, but we also love it when you write on a whim....
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COME ONE, COME ALL/ September 3
Sideshow: The synergy of poetry and technology
Something delightful to file under “When poetry and technology play nice together” But don’t you dare just file it! Sage Cohen, one of our sideshow barkers, needs you to submit your poems. Here’s how you can “take your poetry viral:” Want to see your poetry appear in a poem-a-day...
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MONDAY PROMPT/ August 30
This week’s prompt Poems hang out where life is. – Susan Wooldridge So you’ve spent most of the summer at the pool (or the lake or the beach) and you’ve hardly written any poems. (Or maybe that’s just me). Maybe you’ve been working too hard at your day job...
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COME ONE, COME ALL/ August 27
by Carolee, Deb & Jill It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt — a “hands-on” activity and whatever it inspired — or any other inspiration from the week. (We love it when you write to our prompt, but we also...
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Sideshow: Finding the Words
What happens to your poetry practice when you suddenly lose your words? Sideshow barker Juliet Cook writes about how surviving a health crisis is only the beginning in a series of challenges, which include struggling with words when you used to be prolific, losing people you love and contending...
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MONDAY PROMPT/ August 23
This week’s prompt We are going to start this week’s poems with our hands. Really. There is a — forgive me, ahem — “hands-on” portion of the prompt and a writing part. My hope is that if you attend (mindfully, of course) to a manual task it will influence...
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