COME ONE, COME ALL / March 18

March 18, 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 prompt — stuck, stranded or otherwise trapped— 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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57 Responses to “ COME ONE, COME ALL / March 18 ”

  1. Tiel Aisha Ansari on March 18, 2011 at 12:01 am

    Stranded

    • Deb on March 18, 2011 at 8:05 am

      Nice to have you back, Tiel.

      • carolee on March 19, 2011 at 10:06 pm

        what Deb said!

  2. Joseph Harker on March 18, 2011 at 12:06 am

    Not quite where I thought this would go, but: Good Neighbors

    • carolee on March 19, 2011 at 10:18 pm

      poems aren’t supposed to behave and go where we expect them to. :)

      (though sometimes, it would be nice!)

  3. Madeleine Begun Kane on March 18, 2011 at 12:24 am

    Thanks for inspiring my Unstuck Limerick.

    • carolee on March 19, 2011 at 10:19 pm

      you’re welcome!!

  4. haiku love songs on March 18, 2011 at 1:42 am

    i hope this qualifies ~

    opportunities
    http://haikulovesongs.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/opportunities/

    dani

    OOPS-FORGOT THE LINK BEFORE. sorry.

    • carolee on March 19, 2011 at 10:21 pm

      everything qualifies! thanks for posting it.

    • carolee on March 19, 2011 at 10:22 pm

      glad you liked it, viv!

  7. Rinkly Rimes on March 18, 2011 at 2:20 am

    http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2011/03/stuck-in-rut.html

    Your memes make me look at things from a different perspective. Thank you.

    • carolee on March 19, 2011 at 10:32 pm

      i’m so glad! you’re welcome!

  8. Anthony North on March 18, 2011 at 2:47 am

    You’ll find mine here:

    http://anthonynorth.com/2011/03/mini-mag-26-the-philosophy

  10. nan on March 18, 2011 at 4:51 am

    Here is a place to be.

  11. versebender on March 18, 2011 at 5:16 am

    The heroine is “stuck” in an awkward situation in “The Grammar Lesson.”

  12. Kenia Cris on March 18, 2011 at 6:48 am

    A haibun on how the past captures my attention.

    http://poesiatorta.blogspot.com/2011/03/haibun-adrift.html

    =*

  13. Saadi on March 18, 2011 at 7:04 am

    It’s been a while since I posted, as I’m finding it hard to write to prompts lately. I wrote this before I checked out this prompt, but it kind of fits with the idea of being stuck somewhere:
    http://saadiwriting.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/mourning-season/

    • Deb on March 18, 2011 at 8:06 am

      You can post poems that aren’t written to prompt, too, Saadi. Glad to have you back.

      • carolee on March 19, 2011 at 10:41 pm

        in fact, i set a *good* (?) example of posting off prompt many times. what’s most important is that we show up and share and read. bring what you have!

  15. Rallentanda on March 18, 2011 at 7:12 am

    Here’s mine

    ” Flamingo Fiasco”

    http://rallentanda.blogspot.com

  17. Judy Roney on March 18, 2011 at 7:19 am

    I have two titaniam knees now and went through airport security. I thought they would just send me through the xray machine…but noooo.

    http://judyidliketosay.blogspot.com/2011/03/searched.html

  18. Jeanne Aguilar on March 18, 2011 at 7:43 am

    Happy Weekend Everyone! Can’t wait to read all of the new poems!

    http://sidelinesbyjeanne.blogspot.com/

  20. Laurie Kolp on March 18, 2011 at 8:30 am

    Mine’s a little silly…

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

  21. Marian Veverka on March 18, 2011 at 8:43 am

    Travel Delays can be found at
    http://Marianv.blog.co.uk

  22. mark on March 18, 2011 at 8:48 am

    This is really funny…a combination of ‘Funny HaHa’ and ‘Funny/Strange’ in that I didn’t look at the prompt this week until this morning.

    This poem I wrote earlier this week, and it fits the prompt. Sort of.

    http://radio-nowhere.org/nb/?p=725

    It is called ‘Captured’ and I hope you like it….

  23. Andy on March 18, 2011 at 8:51 am

    Hi Everyone,
    So glad I found Big Tent Poetry. Here’s my contribution:

    http://mypoetcharm.blogspot.com/2011/03/trapped-in-desirable-dreams.html

    • Deb on March 18, 2011 at 9:33 am

      Welcome, welcome. Andy!

  24. Nathan Landau on March 18, 2011 at 8:51 am

    With winter on its way out, I started thinking about the ways weather gets us stuck.


    Curiosity

  25. RJ Clarken on March 18, 2011 at 9:00 am

    The Cosmos and Imagination…

    http://1ightverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/stuck-in-cosmos.html

  26. Jingle on March 18, 2011 at 9:33 am

    http://itistimetothinkformyself.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-tent-poetrythursday-thinking-tank.html

    here is mine, have fun today…

  29. barbara on March 18, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    I don’t get around much
    stuck stranded stalled stumped stymied

  30. barbara on March 18, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    oops
    http://wp.me/pdTja-1xC

  32. Cathy on March 18, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    I land up writing about my relationship with my Muse. Kinda stuck with a couple of them. Yes, I have a few, never said I was a saint ;-)

    http://www.thequietone.net/the_quiet_one/2011/03/muse-i-.html

  33. Julie Jordan Scott on March 18, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    wow. can’t believe I have only written one poems this week (seeing as I don’t count haiku!)

    http://juliejordanscott.typepad.com/jjspoetry/2011/03/miles-from-where-a-big-tent-poetry-poem.html

  34. Donna Vorreyer on March 18, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    Here is mine – A sonnet, no less:

    http://wp.me/pv41q-mg

  37. Kim Nelson on March 18, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    Here’s Mine:
    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/03/18/seducing-the-muse/

  38. Victoria (liv2write2day) on March 18, 2011 at 7:00 pm

    Didn’t have time to write a new one but I suppose you can read this one that I posted (in response to another prompt) as trapped in a dream:

    http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/textures-response-to-monday-morning-writing-prompt/

  39. irene on March 18, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    No one wants to be stuck in Japan for sure. Sorry, digressing.

    rant

  40. Kelly E. on March 19, 2011 at 12:23 am

    I went the metaphorical route. A true story.

    http://www.starsandwillows.com/2011/03/the-coma/

    • Kelly E. on March 19, 2011 at 9:57 am

      Sorry – my note above is misleading. True, yes, but not a “real” coma.

  41. rob kistner on March 19, 2011 at 5:31 am

    a contemplation on… Inseparable

  42. Deb on March 19, 2011 at 4:43 pm

    Here’s a very loosely “stuck” poem:
    Serve My Eggs Dry, Please, with only one word “wedged” in. :-)

    I’m having to work (my day job) a lot this weekend, so may be (very) tardy in reading. My regrets, dear poets!

  43. carolee on March 19, 2011 at 9:11 pm

    My poem this week is subtitled “Trapped in Twitter.”

    OK. I subtitled it that after the fact. It’s a found poem. From famous people’s tweets. Which means it’s off-prompt.

    Good thing prompts are optional!

    http://caroleesherwood.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/100-people-you-should-follow-on-twitter-a-found-poem/

  44. Tilly Bud on March 20, 2011 at 5:03 am

    I’m late to the party.

    http://imnotaverse.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/a-life-a-predictable-end/

  45. Lazy Line Razmattazz on March 23, 2011 at 4:13 am

    Hi all

    I really enjoyed this weeks prompt, and gave me the perfect impetus to write a poem I had been thinking of writing for a while.

    http://lazylinerazmattazz.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/stuck/