COME ONE, COME ALL / April 22

April 22, 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 one of Monday’s prompts — which one did you do? — 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:

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  1. Elizabeth on April 22, 2011 at 12:20 am

    Shouting down the street,

    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/in-the-maw-of-things/

    Elizabeth

  2. Joseph Harker on April 22, 2011 at 12:24 am

    Four so far…

    Escape: Stovetop Dream
    Pearl of wisdom: Painting the Town
    Shouted down the street: The Boy Next Door
    Repeating: See You Around

  3. barbara on April 22, 2011 at 12:25 am

    Some good prompts. Didn’t get around to all of them.


    What We Pretend

    When We Planned

  5. rob kistner on April 22, 2011 at 12:38 am

    A tale of “escapists”… Sneakin’ Up On Breakfast

  6. angie on April 22, 2011 at 12:41 am

    here’s one — http://another2doors.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/this-is-what-i-would-shout-down-the-street/

    (still tweaking a few others, but I need to sleep)

  7. Madeleine Begun Kane on April 22, 2011 at 12:42 am

    Thanks for all the prompts. Here’s my escape related limerick.

  8. irene on April 22, 2011 at 1:49 am

    The one about a predicament and lighting candles.

    sheep & sleep

  9. Sam on April 22, 2011 at 2:15 am

    To the Fury of Lives

    http://thinkingcities.blogspot.com/2011/04/to-fury-of-lives.html

  10. Rinkly Rimes on April 22, 2011 at 2:57 am

    http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2009/07/escape.html

    There was no escape in the end.

  11. irene on April 22, 2011 at 3:08 am

    Grabbed a couple more prompts.

    coasting

  12. vivienne blake on April 22, 2011 at 4:25 am

    I’ve done all but the candle prompt this week – even, as in this case, twice! http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/that-which-was-lost-is-found/

    If you want to see the rest, just scroll down.

  13. Versebender on April 22, 2011 at 5:06 am

    Went with the “Candle” theme.

    http://versebender.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/other-figs/

  14. thingy on April 22, 2011 at 5:14 am

    I repeat myself.

    http://thingy-thingy-ponderinglife.blogspot.com/2011/04/whispered-fables.html

  15. Jeanne Aguilar on April 22, 2011 at 5:20 am

    Shouting…

    http://sidelinesbyjeanne.blogspot.com/

  16. nan on April 22, 2011 at 5:23 am

    More shouting! Here is the protest.

  17. Marian Veverka on April 22, 2011 at 6:24 am

    Lighting the flame can be found on
    http://Marianv.blog.co.uk

  18. lucychili on April 22, 2011 at 6:48 am

    this is a little bit about escape and a little about love
    it is also a mirror of a neruda poem
    http://crankymango.blogspot.com/2011/04/mirror.html

  19. Agnija Bharathi on April 22, 2011 at 7:02 am

    For the escape prompt I used words normally used to denote freedom in the context of being constrained and vice versa. Would like to know if you think it works or not: Freedom in a box .
    And this one’s about repeating myself: ad nauseam .
    Would love comments on both.

  20. brenda w on April 22, 2011 at 7:17 am

    Thanks for the prompt…
    http://bozone-bw.blogspot.com/2011/04/napowrimo-22-street-talk.html

  21. Laurie Kolp on April 22, 2011 at 7:18 am

    What I’d love to say to someone down the street, but I’ll be a lady and keep my mouth shut. Oh, and I don’t talk like this either.

    http://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/04/day-21.html

  23. Nicole on April 22, 2011 at 7:31 am

    Repeating Form…..

    http://honeyhaiku.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/how-do-you-sleep-alone/

  24. Mike Patrick on April 22, 2011 at 7:52 am

    I had to light a candle.
    http://thepoetsquill.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/the-candles-lit/

  25. Mr. Walker on April 22, 2011 at 8:17 am

    I hope it’s okay to post two today:
    http://sadlywaiting.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/doggy-love/
    and
    http://sadlywaiting.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/everyday-miracle/
    Thanks for all the great prompts.

    • Deb on April 22, 2011 at 8:22 am

      It’s okay, but you have to wait for us to fish comments with more than one link out of the pending comment file. (Same for Joseph & Barbara this morning, or any folks with more than one link.)

      • Mr. Walker on April 22, 2011 at 10:48 pm

        Deb, thanks. You did warn us about that in the fine print, didn’t you? I will abide by the rules in the future. (You would think teachers would be better about following directions).

        • Deb on April 22, 2011 at 11:29 pm

          Don’t abide! Break them! (But be patient while you wait. :-))

          • Mr. Walker on April 29, 2011 at 1:39 am

            Deb, you’re awesome! And you made me laugh.

      • barbara on April 23, 2011 at 1:51 pm

        AH-HA!
        Sorry Deb.

        • Deb on April 23, 2011 at 9:14 pm

          No sorries!

          None.

  26. Kim Nelson on April 22, 2011 at 9:22 am

    Mine was inspired by a subtly, multi-layered photo I took at the National Botanical Gardens
    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/04/22/upon-reflection/

  27. Tiel Aisha Ansari on April 22, 2011 at 9:46 am

    I wrote a villanelle: that made me repeat myself plenty.
    http://knockingfrominside.blogspot.com/2011/04/looking-glass-books-rip.html

  28. Tiel Aisha Ansari on April 22, 2011 at 9:46 am

    But I had also written one that fits either the predicament prompt, or the escape prompt…
    http://knockingfrominside.blogspot.com/2011/04/burnt-toast.html

  29. Kelly E. on April 22, 2011 at 9:47 am

    Started with the pearl of wisdom/wives tale idea, and sort of turned it inside out. Had fun with this one – thanks!

    http://www.starsandwillows.com/2011/04/the-pot-talks-back/

  30. Dan Wilcox on April 22, 2011 at 9:55 am

    This is so much a draft that I’m not posting it on my Blog yet, but here goes (it’s the “escape” prompt).

    Cleaning

    The smell of latex on her fingers
    reminds me of sex. She is gentle
    drawing blood with small, sharp
    instruments in my gums. This is not

    where I want to be, so I wander
    the City outside, the Spring breeze like
    the whine of the machine polishing
    my teeth, or an espresso machine.

    I read poetry, write in my notebook
    watch customers bring coffee to work.
    I return with the clink of her instruments
    like an alarm & we both smile it is done.

  31. Donna Vorreyer on April 22, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Still working on the mouth poems.

    Find out about the jellyfish in your throat here:
    http://wp.me/pv41q-oI

  32. Dick Jones on April 22, 2011 at 10:12 am

    Great prompts, all. Mine’s escape.
    http://patteran.typepad.com

  33. Tumblewords on April 22, 2011 at 11:30 am

    Thanks for the great prompts!

    http://firsttumblewords.blogspot.com/2011/04/poem-for-big-tent-poetry_22.html

  34. Lee Pursewarden on April 22, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    I guess the prompt is obvious:
    http://leepursewarden.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/candles/

  35. Ruth on April 22, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Here’s an escape poem of sorts:

    http://turtlememoir.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/death-and-resurrection/

  36. Cathy on April 22, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Wrote a poem for one the prompts but I want to aged a little more. Meaning I’m still undecided if it done. So I pull out another old poem for this week.

    http://www.thequietone.net/the_quiet_one/2011/04/cloudy-friday.html

  37. Jason Riedy on April 22, 2011 at 6:16 pm

    So far (while continuing to contemplate the detailed texture of the bricks stacked immediately before my eyes)…

    Repetition in something overheard: http://lovesgoodfood.com/jason/posts/Day_22_2011/

    A candle? Not being lit… right now. It’s complicated: http://lovesgoodfood.com/jason/posts/Day_21_2011/

    For escape, something I have harmed, and predicaments, just look towards my daily life. sigh.

  38. Sarah Thomasin on April 22, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    A poem where you have to repeat yourself. Well, they ARE sestinas! Quite a few predicament, too. (Please click link on my name)

  39. angie on April 22, 2011 at 6:20 pm

    and here’s an old wives’ tale — http://another2doors.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/wild-birds-flew-into-my-living-room/

  40. Erin on April 22, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    I actually used the “I’m sorry that” prompt from a few weeks ago…

    http://freckledwriter.blogspot.com/2011/04/apology.html

  41. The Reason You Come on April 22, 2011 at 6:52 pm

    First time here! :) I wrote about escape:

    An Illicit Escape

    • Deb on April 23, 2011 at 10:10 am

      Hi Reason!

      Welcome to the Tent!

  42. Mary on April 22, 2011 at 9:02 pm

    A poem about repeating!

    http://inthecornerofmyeye.blogspot.com/2011/04/repetition.html

  43. Erin on April 22, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    Here’s another–kind of about an old wive’s tale, but not really.

  44. Linda on April 22, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    This is a revision of a revision.
    http://word-painting.blogspot.com/2011/04/prayer.html

  45. vivienne blake on April 23, 2011 at 1:00 am

    The Light a Candle prompt finally gave birth to a story-poem which you will find at the end of my Napo double-dactyls post here: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/double-dactyls-for-napo-day-23/

  46. Eclipse on April 23, 2011 at 3:58 am

    Escape…or no escape….
    http://eclipseofthemoon.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/the-circle/

  48. Deb on April 23, 2011 at 10:11 am

    Hi! I’m still writing every day, but the work is (ahem) very uneven. :-)

    Here’s a cut-up poem: human gesture.

    Read you later.

  49. Ava on April 23, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    Here is mine! It is for the Candle prompt:

    http://verseinanutshell.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/candle/

  50. Strummed Words on April 23, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Here’s my contribution for Big Tent: http://strummedwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/loosely.html

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