COME ONE, COME ALL / February 4

February 4, 2011
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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 Wordle prompt – from the newspaper: a Sunday hardware store advertisement — 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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65 Responses to “ COME ONE, COME ALL / February 4 ”

  1. vivienne Blake on February 4, 2011 at 12:11 am

    Sorry folks: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/anti-wordle/

  2. Jeanne Aguilar on February 4, 2011 at 12:22 am

    I seem to be on a rhyming silly streak…

    http://sidelinesbyjeanne.blogspot.com/2011/01/whats-wordle.html

  3. Leo on February 4, 2011 at 12:27 am

    http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/3130/

    mine is here :)

  4. Madeleine Begun Kane on February 4, 2011 at 12:32 am

    Thanks once again for the inspiration. I’ve written both a limerick and haiku using your prompt: My Chances Of Watching TV Are Remote

  5. Cara Holman on February 4, 2011 at 12:32 am

    Totally off-prompt this week. I am doing NaHaiWriMo this month, and this is my day 3 offering:

    http://caraholman.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/nahaiwrimo-2-3-11/

  6. Joseph Harker on February 4, 2011 at 12:55 am

    Hurrah for wordles! Preparing Dinner with the Unknown Soldier

  7. Christopher on February 4, 2011 at 1:09 am

    I wrote the poem Thursday morning and the rest of the post Thursday evening.

    It Is My Call

  8. irene on February 4, 2011 at 1:19 am

    The words stuck like fridge magnets.

    feel

  9. sb on February 4, 2011 at 2:26 am

    we pass through the darkening

  10. Dick on February 4, 2011 at 2:39 am

    Two words on board! http://patteran.typepad.com

    • vivienne blake on February 4, 2011 at 5:29 am

      Dick, I couldn’t find your wordle poem. If it’s the lovely Swaledale one, then it was definitely worth the reading.

  12. Joanne Johns on February 4, 2011 at 3:36 am

    Who’s Afraid of Whales???

  13. gautami tripathy on February 4, 2011 at 3:43 am

    Here is mine:

    tears of the sky fall to the ground

  14. vivienne blake on February 4, 2011 at 5:27 am

    Here’s a little extra one on my ranting blog: http://vivnada.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/too-much-skin/

  15. nan on February 4, 2011 at 6:13 am

    thinking directly and metaphorically about kitchen gadgetry.

  16. Mary on February 4, 2011 at 6:29 am

    I gave it a try and used all the words.

    http://inthecornerofmyeye.blogspot.com/2011/02/less-than-logical.htmlM

  17. Elizabeth on February 4, 2011 at 6:37 am

    Used all the words:

    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/wordle-frustration/

    Elizabeth

  18. Margo Roby on February 4, 2011 at 7:55 am

    This was fun. I love knives, so two poems arrived.

    http://margoroby.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/entering-the-big-tent/

    margo

    • Deb on February 4, 2011 at 8:51 am

      Welcome to the Tent, Margo!

      • Margo Roby on February 4, 2011 at 11:01 am

        It’s good to be here! I visit every week, but am glad to join the circus.

  19. Elizabeth J. on February 4, 2011 at 7:59 am

    Here’s a shadorma for the day: Red Alert.

  20. Linda Watskin on February 4, 2011 at 8:17 am

    We’ve been hammered with snow with more on the way.
    http://word-painting.blogspot.com/2011/02/letter-to-my-ice-dams.html

  21. Nicole Nicholson on February 4, 2011 at 8:40 am

    Here is my offering for this week:

    To Bless These Tired Throats

    -Nicole

  22. Rachel Barenblat on February 4, 2011 at 9:20 am

    Here’s what I wrote – used most of the words!

    Http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2011/01/this-weeks-portion-home-terumah.html

  23. Carolee on February 4, 2011 at 9:23 am

    is it friday? already? i’m glad you all are paying attention!

  24. Laurie Kolp on February 4, 2011 at 9:27 am

    Thanks for all your support! I’m so glad I joined the circus and look forward to Fridays! Here’s mine, along with my blog appearance update. Can you tell I’m ready for spring?

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

    • Elizabeth on February 4, 2011 at 5:35 pm

      Laurie, I really enjoyed your poem, but for whatever reason, your site wouldn’t allow me to leave a comment. Loved the details, imagery, and the repetition.

      Elizabeth

  25. Julie Jordan Scott on February 4, 2011 at 10:49 am

    Wow. This is SOOO not cheery!

  26. RJ Clarken on February 4, 2011 at 10:59 am

    The Day of the W – and also, it’s my birthday! ☼

    http://1ightverse.blogspot.com/2011/02/day-of-w-works-of-art-woodworkings-and.html

  27. Donna Vorreyer on February 4, 2011 at 11:15 am

    Here is mine, inspired by the thundersnow here in the Midwest.

    http://wp.me/pv41q-kR

  28. twitches on February 4, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    squirrel in the frozen garden

  29. Pam on February 4, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    After a long dry spell, I’m back. Here is my prompt poem:

    Darkening Moments

  30. Victoria (liv2write2day) on February 4, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    Here’s mine. It’s a few years old but written in response to an actual news story. Just couldn’t resist. Life Plus 5!

    http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/life-plus-5-big-tent-poetry/

  31. Marian Veverka on February 4, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    Happy Birthday, R.J.

    Why do I keep forgetting to post again over here?

    The poem is at http://Marianv.blog.co.uk

  32. Kenia Cris on February 4, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    Totally off-prompt this week, sorry.

    http://poesiatorta.blogspot.com/2011/02/439.html

    Kisses!

  33. Tumblewords on February 4, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    Why was this so difficult? :) Thanks!

    http://firsttumblewords.blogspot.com/2011/02/tanka-for-big-tent-poetry.html

  34. Connie Peters on February 4, 2011 at 6:53 pm

    All the words are here. Fun prompt.

  35. Connie Peters on February 4, 2011 at 6:54 pm

    Ooops I thought it would post the site.

    http://enthusiasticsoul.blogspot.com/2011/02/big-tent-prompt-wordle.html

  36. Robin on February 4, 2011 at 7:01 pm

    Hi, all. Used eight out of twelve words. I love Wordles. :)

    http://robin-turner.blogspot.com/2011/02/remedy.html

  37. Michelle on February 4, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    Hello! I used eleven of the twelve words! :)

    http://thepenlensandbrush.blogspot.com

    • Deb on February 4, 2011 at 10:25 pm

      And congrats on creating your blog, too! :-)

      • Michelle on February 5, 2011 at 9:37 am

        Thank you! :)

  38. Kelly on February 4, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    Here’s mine:

    http://www.starsandwillows.com/2011/02/untitled/

    I adore wordles. Thanks! :)

  39. Peggy Goetz on February 5, 2011 at 2:00 am

    Here’s my attempt, using all the words. It is always fun to see the odd places wordles take the mind.

    http://ponderingspeggy.blogspot.com/2011/02/poem-summer-night.html

    Don’t seem to be able to get this to be a live link but give it a try anyway with copy and paste.

  40. barbara on February 5, 2011 at 3:10 am

    Mine is

    The Kitchen and the Lake

  41. Kate on February 5, 2011 at 8:33 am

    My poem is here
    http://katefern.blogspot.com/2011/02/few-things-poetical.html

    • Deb on February 5, 2011 at 8:40 am

      Welcome to the Tent, Kate!

  42. Deb on February 5, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    How To Set the Blade of a Mitering Box to Marry Intersections is a wee bit of a poem.

  43. Karen on February 6, 2011 at 10:32 am

    Here’s mine http://photographic-perception.blogspot.com/2011/02/wordle.html

    • Deb on February 6, 2011 at 4:03 pm

      Welcome to the circus, Karen!

  44. carolee on February 6, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    so sorry to miss most of the party this week, kids! AND then i have the nerve to write off-prompt. i will understand if you decide to drop me from the trapeze. :)

    http://caroleesherwood.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/a-new-poem-the-buzz-from-the-city/

    • Deb on February 6, 2011 at 4:03 pm

      You silly. We* are serious when we* say “you don’t have to write to prompt.”

      *We is you, too.

    • Dick on February 13, 2011 at 3:39 am

      Why are comments closed on your blog, Carolee? I wanted to say how wonderful I think the poem is – a superbly maintained set of interlocking images surging ahead with all the momentum of its sort-of progenitor piece (whose urban drive struck me within moments of starting to read and then was confirmed after finishing. For all that, this has very much its own voice!) Oh well, I can’t say any of that now…

  45. barbara on February 6, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    The idea of turning a hardware advert into a poem really begged for a word from Nelle

    Nelle’s Wordle Aubade

    • Deb on February 6, 2011 at 8:29 pm

      go, nelle!

  46. Sam on February 7, 2011 at 1:37 am

    This week I completed a poem I started some time ago. It took longer than usual to write because I had a hard time setting the scene and the narrative to suit the emotions the poem demanded, but nevertheless here it is.

    In a Pool of Starlight

    http://thinkingcities.blogspot.com/2011/01/in-pool-of-starlight.html

  47. Kim Nelson on February 8, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    This prompt made me think and think and think. Finally I said, “To heck with it! I’m just gonna write. And I did. And I liked it!”

    Please come see!

    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/02/08/in-appreciation-of-life/

  48. Cathy on February 9, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    First time trying this. The first poem is the Monday’s Wordle prompt.

    http://www.thequietone.net/the_quiet_one/2011/02/new-poems.html

    • Deb on February 10, 2011 at 9:35 am

      Welcome to the Big Tent, Cathy. Hope you come back for this weekend’s reads.