COME ONE, COME ALL / March 4

March 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 prompt — our “read-it-over-someone’s-shoulder” Wordle with bonus phrases!— 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.

Some hints

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Circus etiquette

We figure you know how to play in the poetry community, but here are the basics:

Be nice. Have fun. Remember we aren’t a critique forum. We want to support each other as we bring more poetry into our lives. Only provide critique if someone specifically asks for it.

Although we love seeing our badge in the sidebar of your blog, we would appreciate it if you would also link back to the site in each of your poem posts. Linking within your post helps people travel back and forth from your site to the Big Tent Poetry site, and it helps perpetuate Big Tent Poetry “findability” in Google searches — and that helps us all.

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50 Responses to “ COME ONE, COME ALL / March 4 ”

  1. Joseph Harker on March 4, 2011 at 12:03 am

    Managed to get in all the words and phrases. Woo!

    Trick

  2. Julie Jordan Scott on March 4, 2011 at 12:58 am

    Phrases? Somehow I missed the phrases. OH WELL!

    Here are the words in my poem:

    http://juliejordanscott.typepad.com/jjspoetry/2011/03/leftover-hope-a-wordle-poem-from-the-big-tent.html

  3. Nathan Landau on March 4, 2011 at 1:05 am

    I became quite enamored with the phrase “There is also the matter of…” and ended up with this humble thing:

    Anecdote

  4. Leo on March 4, 2011 at 1:25 am

    http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/goodbyes/

    not the phrase, but all the words!

  5. Madeleine Begun Kane on March 4, 2011 at 1:36 am

    Alas, the Wordle didn’t speak to me. :) I find the more words presented, the harder it is for me to focus. But fortunately, I did manage to write lots of other verse this week:

    Hoping For Humor

    Limerick Odes To Charlie Sheen

  6. vivienne blake on March 4, 2011 at 1:49 am

    All the words and all the phrases: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/more-camping-2/

  7. Irene on March 4, 2011 at 2:58 am

    angels

  8. Tilly Bud on March 4, 2011 at 3:19 am

    In spite of my love of them, mine is essentially an anti-Wordle.

    http://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/big-tent-february-28th/

    • vivienne blake on March 4, 2011 at 4:31 am

      Thanks for the publicity, Tilly

  9. pamela on March 4, 2011 at 3:28 am

    One phrase and all the words.
    A short one.

    http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2011/03/reporter-big-tent-poetry-43-read-it.html

  10. nan on March 4, 2011 at 6:16 am

    I had fun drifting off.

    • thingy on March 4, 2011 at 10:44 am

      By the way… hello everyone. Happy Wordle!

  13. Laurie Kolp on March 4, 2011 at 7:15 am

    Thank you so much for the wordles… I love them.

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

  14. James on March 4, 2011 at 7:21 am

    I had quite a bit of fun with this, especially those phrases. The Matter of Dancing the Tangle

  15. Linda Jacobs on March 4, 2011 at 7:48 am

    I used a phrase and all the words. Here Thanks!

  16. Jade on March 4, 2011 at 8:25 am

    Offering Poem
    A prayer-poem :)

  17. Margo Roby on March 4, 2011 at 8:43 am

    I used all the words and all the phrases and had fun doing so!

    http://margoroby.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/big-tent-just-another-act/

  18. Nicole Nicholson on March 4, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Read over my shoulder and you’ll see Nightmares on Patmos

  19. Kim Nelson on March 4, 2011 at 9:54 am

    Mine’s a bit racy today…

    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/03/04/gothic-romance-in-verse/

    • RJ Clarken on March 4, 2011 at 11:15 am

      Kim – I like you when you ‘do’ racy for your poeming! Definitely puts one in mind of the old ‘bodice-rippers.’ I think the prompt seemed to have some racy-ish leanings today. ☼

  21. RJ Clarken on March 4, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Quite a challenge you’ve presented today! But I gave it my best shot – and I somehow managed to use all of the words and one of phrases. Thanks!

    http://1ightverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/ruses-galore.html

  22. barbara on March 4, 2011 at 11:26 am

    It took two tries to get everything in–the phrases made it tricky.
    wordle, wordle flaming wordle

  23. Tumblewords on March 4, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    The chances are high that I used them all!

    http://firsttumblewords.blogspot.com/2011/03/genie-for-big-tent-poetry.html

  24. Victoria (liv2write2day) on March 4, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    This wordle inspired a dark poem. I was able to use all the words.
    I’m away till next week and will do my best to return visits then.

    http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/about-the-dead-man-and-his-funeral-big-tent-poetry/

  25. Mike Patrick on March 4, 2011 at 1:44 pm

    First attempt at Big Tent. The wordle was difficult, and fun.

    http://thepoetsquill.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/guardian-angel/

    • Deb on March 4, 2011 at 2:41 pm

      Welcome to the Tent, Mike.

      • Mike Patrick on March 4, 2011 at 3:08 pm

        Thank you. I’m trying to tiptoe in.

  26. Shari Smothers on March 4, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    This was an interesting collection for the Wordle. I enjoyed the story behind collecting them too!

    I managed to draft a different kind of meditation poem: One Candle lit for Meditation.

  27. Marian Veverka on March 4, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    My wordle can be found at http://Marianv.blog.co.uk

  29. Donna Vorreyer on March 4, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    Here is my short poem packed with Wordle-ness.

    http://djvorreyer.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/bringing-sexy-back-a-wordle-prompt/

    • Sharp Little Pencil on March 4, 2011 at 11:42 pm

      Donna, thanks for reminding me to get over here!! Loved your saucy little poem! Amy

  30. Versebender on March 4, 2011 at 7:45 pm

    So…this was a tough one. Got ‘em all, but paid a terrible price in style. anyway..it was fun…thanks for the prompt!

    http://versebender.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/romeo-rebuffed/

  31. Sharp Little Pencil on March 4, 2011 at 11:36 pm

    I was thinking about the undernourished girls who strive to become America’s Next Top Model. Think I used all the words, too! Thanks to Donna for getting me over here!

    http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/parade-of-smiles-big-tent-poetry/

    From the heart of union activism, Madison, I bid you all peace! Amy Barlow Liberatore

  32. Carolee on March 5, 2011 at 8:51 am

    what a circus already!!!! so happy to see all of you!

  33. dani h on March 5, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    this is my first time joining the circus. i only managed one phrase and some of the words. i can’t wait to visit at least some of the other entrants’ blogs. my poem is at:

    http://haikulovesongs.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/wake-up/

    • Deb on March 5, 2011 at 6:03 pm

      Welcome, Dani!

  34. Cathy on March 5, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    Yes!! the poem finally came together. It was giving me a little trouble as I was working on tonight. It look good on paper but on the computer screen. Well that was another story!! LOL!!

    http://www.thequietone.net/the_quiet_one/2011/03/new-poem-for-the-challenge-.html

  35. rob kistner on March 6, 2011 at 11:13 am

    A quandary concealed in a mystery… The Keepers

  36. Michelle Hed on March 6, 2011 at 7:17 pm

    Managed to use almost everything! Woot! Woot! :)

    http://thepenlensandbrush.blogspot.com

  37. ms pie on March 7, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    great wordle and challenge …. burning stories

  38. Jeeves on March 8, 2011 at 1:11 am

    poemsotherwise.blogspot.com/2011/03/questions-flame-up-in-sort-of-parade.html

  39. S.E.Ingraham on March 9, 2011 at 1:00 am

    after all that, I almost forgot to post …
    “There is also the matter of…”
    (A typical Saturday Night at the Bar)
    http://thepoet-tree-house.blogspot.com/

  40. Jingle on March 10, 2011 at 8:55 pm

    http://itistimetothinkformyself.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-tent-poetry-in-55-words.html

    hello, here is my entry, thanks for the inspirations..

    :)

    Glad to try this time, Happy Writing…

    • Deb on March 10, 2011 at 9:06 pm

      Participants post links on Fridays, Jingle. At the “Come one, come all” post.

  41. Jingle on March 10, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    I saw other poets posting for the same prompt, do you think I am on time or ahead of time?

    Thanks for the response.

    • Deb on March 11, 2011 at 12:21 am

      Oopsie. I think you are behind. :)