COME ONE, COME ALL / October 29

October 29, 2010
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by Carolee, Deb & Jill

It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt — write from your sketch of your home — 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.)

What did you write? Please leave a link to your blog post, or leave your poem itself, in the comments!

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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44 Responses to “ COME ONE, COME ALL / October 29 ”

  1. Keeper of the Relics « Prose Posies on October 29, 2010 at 12:07 am

    [...] Read other responses here. [...]

  2. Cara Holman on October 29, 2010 at 12:08 am

    It’s always a surprise to me what I end up writing about. Good prompt!

    “Keeper of the Relics”: http://caraholman.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/keeper-of-the-relics/

  3. Rachel on October 29, 2010 at 12:11 am

    A sonnet this week! who knew?

    Someone Else’s Home

  4. pamela on October 29, 2010 at 12:23 am

    This was an interesting way to write, thanks for the prompt.

    http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2010/10/it-is-my-home-big-tent-poetry-26.html

  5. Joseph Harker on October 29, 2010 at 12:31 am

    A pun, I dare say!
    Drawing Rooms

  6. irene on October 29, 2010 at 12:40 am

    Fresh from the drawing board.

    a house, a home

  7. Rallentanda on October 29, 2010 at 12:43 am

    I don’t have a poem for this week, however four talented and clever poets
    ” Finalists 100 Wordle Extravaganza”
    have written some impressive poetry using 100 given words, so you might like to take a look.
    http://rallentanda@blogspot.com

  8. vivienne blake on October 29, 2010 at 2:00 am

    My home poem is here: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/home-thoughts-from-abroad/

    • derrick2 on October 29, 2010 at 11:58 pm

      Having lost our internet connection last night and now preparing to depart for a few days, I regret I won’t be able to visit many of you. Sorry!

      • Deb on October 30, 2010 at 7:22 am

        We’ll miss you, Derrick. Hope your connections all work out.

        Travel well.

  11. nan on October 29, 2010 at 5:40 am

    Great prompt! My poem is called rooms of my mind.

  12. Elizabeth J. on October 29, 2010 at 5:54 am

    Took me a while… finally had a twinkle of inspiration last night and came up with Puppy’s Kingdom.

  13. Rachel Barenblat on October 29, 2010 at 6:14 am

    As it happens, we’ve been thinking a lot about the layout and details of our house…

    Childproofing
    http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2010/10/another-mother-poem-childproofing.html

  14. amanda on October 29, 2010 at 7:25 am

    very reflective thanks!
    http://www.blogginwithamanda.com/2010/10/28/big-tent-poetry-the-dinning-room/

    • Deb on October 31, 2010 at 10:12 pm

      I hope my reply too. Your poem is full of great ideas.

  15. barbara on October 29, 2010 at 8:47 am

    My house? I had trouble finding it for the mess.
    trying a cascade poem
    did I, somehow, displace the house?

  16. Tumblewords on October 29, 2010 at 12:59 pm

    Oh, fun…thanks!

    Incoming

  17. Deb on October 29, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    It’s great to see you all here!

    Can’t wait to read!

  18. Elizabeth on October 29, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    The prompt prompted a dream

    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/visitors-from-a-sequence-dream/

    Elizabeth

  19. Ashish on October 29, 2010 at 9:21 pm

    Heyy i’ve got sumthing fresh for ya ..
    Take a luk at my BLOG
    http://ashbeezone.wordpress.com/category/talent-underground/poetry-zone/

    • Deb on October 29, 2010 at 10:42 pm

      Hope you take a look around, Ashish, and see what we are about. Best wishes!

      • Ashish on October 29, 2010 at 11:06 pm

        Okies

  20. Victoria (liv2write2day) on October 29, 2010 at 9:55 pm

    Looking forward to reading some good poetry. Here’s mine:

    http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/big-tent-poetry-timekeepers/

  21. Victoria Hendricks on October 29, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    I liked having the whole exerciswe to do – the drawing and the free write, which boiled down to a poem pretty seamlessly http://victoria-andnowpoems.blogspot.com/2010/10/home.html#comments

    • Sharp Little Pencil on October 31, 2010 at 12:46 am

      Victoria, your blog wouldn’t accept my comment, so I’ll do that here!

      “Mary nailed it: Home is where you grew up for many of us. For me, I’m in the present most of the time on that count. But loved your details and your style on this, Victoria.

      Thanks! Amy BL”

  22. Mary on October 29, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    Almost passed on this, but eventually came up with an idea:

    http://inthecornerofmyeye.blogspot.com/2010/10/no-leave-it-to-beaver.html

  23. G.K. Asante on October 29, 2010 at 10:51 pm

    I wanted the house to speak for itself.

    http://seenmissing.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/tattoo-or-a-house-ponders-its-worth/

    • Deb on October 30, 2010 at 7:21 am

      Welcome to the Tent, G.K.

  24. Tattoo, or, A House Ponders Its Worth « Seen/Missing: Poetry of G.K. Asante on October 29, 2010 at 11:32 pm

    [...] submitted for Big Tent Poetry’s “Come One, Come All” [...]

  25. Laurie Kolp on October 30, 2010 at 8:57 am

    Oops- I was clowning around in the wrong tent. Here’s mine:

    http://www.lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/

  26. Our Kitchen (Big Tent Poetry) « Sharp Little Pencil on October 31, 2010 at 12:32 am

    [...] Big Tent Poetry, we were asked to think long and hard about our dwellings… then write about a favorite place. [...]

  27. Sharp Little Pencil on October 31, 2010 at 12:34 am

    This was a work of pure love. Thanks for the prompt! Amy

    http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/our-kitchen-big-tent-poetry/

  29. Shane on October 31, 2010 at 5:49 am

    I looked around my house like you said, and made some notes.
    http://shanegenziuk.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/the-big-room-by-shane-genziuk/

  30. The Big Room by Shane Genziuk | Sane but different on October 31, 2010 at 5:53 am

    [...] This story was inspired by Big Tent Poetry. [...]

  31. Iain D. Kemp on October 31, 2010 at 8:26 am

    hi folks,

    here is my link: http://almerimarlife.com/forum/topic/1059/basement-blues-a-poem-by-iain-douglas-kemp/

    This week’s podcast is “Never Paint Seascapes When Drinking” A Bartholomew Foggarty tale.

    I am busy preparing the material for my first live evening of poetry next Friday at a local pub – feeling nervous!!!

    Cheers all!!

    • Deb on October 31, 2010 at 5:27 pm

      Enjoy the experience, Iain!

    • Deb on October 31, 2010 at 10:46 pm

      Had no idea where that basement led, but it was a fine number!

  32. Deb on October 31, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    Finally! Here’s mine: A Room of Her Own.

    Now to read you all between the ringing bells of the trick-or-treaters!