COME ONE, COME ALL/ July 2
by Carolee, Deb & Jill
It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt — write a conversation poem — 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. We all know how fickle that muse can be.)
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Let the show begin! This post is “sticky” — it will stay right here in the spotlight for you all weekend.
Here’s how prompts work under the Big Tent
You’ve got all week to write your poem, based on this week’s prompt. Come Fridays (today!) you’ll find a “Come One, Come All” post (this one!) where you can 1) leave a link to your poem or 2) leave the poem in its entirety.
We want to give you all weekend to post your work and read each others’ work. Take your time. Enjoy all the poems that are new to the world.
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One other thing
So it might be more than one. Read our barkers’ articles, if you haven’t recently. Great stuff. Here’s the list of links.
Sorry if I’m late – only just found this website! Here’s my very on the hoof response to your call for conversational poetry:
http://lazylinerazmattazz.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/magician-for-big-tent-poetry/
thanks
Not late, not late! Welcome to the Big Tent!
I grilled my great-great-grandmother in response to this prompt. The prose poem or meandering musing is titled:
Graceland, July 4, 2010.
I am having some problems leaving comments at everyone’s blogs. Please don’t think I am selfishly not bothering. I’ll try again later.
http://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com
I am a little late to this part (circus I suppose) but here is my response to the prompt before I start on this week.
I wasn’t going to write a love poem, but it was on my mind and a fun chance to play around with conversation flow and subtext.
To Adam, From a Would-Be Eve
http://georginasand.dreamwidth.org/12351.html
~Georgie
Welcome to the Big Tent, Georgie!
I don’t have a Live Journal account & you’ve disabled anon comments, but I enjoyed your poem, esp. the parantheticals,esp. the short one word one!
sorry i’m so late…busy weekend.
i really enjoyed the prompt this week and will be making rounds later tonight to read other’s poetry.
you can find my poem at the link below:
http://stacylynnmar.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-never-really-wanted-to-know.html
After I posted my piece on a conversation with Mary Magdalene, a terrific exchange of ideas sprang up on my blog. Please feel free to visit the conversation, and thanks again for a terrific prompt! Amy Barlow Liberatore
http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/a-seeker-speaks-to-the-magdalene-big-tent-prompt/
Not really to the prompt but..
why we write poems