As announced last week, the circus has closed. (We are sad, too. Thank you for all your lovely comments & well-wishes.) But the site will stay up as a record of your work and to preserve the resources it contains, which includes a list of other prompt sites. You can also find the toys...
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COME ONE, COME ALL / May 13
by Carolee, Deb & Jill It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt — using a line or two generously given from one of our community members — or any other inspiration from the week. (We love it when you write...
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The circus is packing up
Ladies and gentlemen. Boys and girls. It is with mixed emotions that we announce that this week’s prompt and its matching “Come One, Come All” gathering will be the last. We have decided to take a break from community-building and focus awhile on writing (more than is possible when...
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MONDAY PROMPT / May 9
This week’s prompt Remember last week when we said we had an idea/scheme for poems you may have written recently? Here it is: Look over your recently written poem pile with the idea that giving is both noble & fruitful. Find a line or two from a poem and...
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COME ONE, COME ALL / May 6
by Carolee, Deb & Jill It’s show time! It’s time to post your revised poem — from something that has been sitting a while — or any other inspiration from the week. (We love it when you write to our prompt, but we also love it when you write...
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MONDAY PROMPT / May 2
This week’s prompt Phew! It’s May. that April poetry madness is over! we can get back to our regularly scheduled program. Let’s try a revision this week, shall we? Some of you have lots and lots of fresh material. Yay! Poems...
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