Hello, circus-goers!

April 21, 2010
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Are you ready for a new adventure? We are! We’re just getting things started here at Big Tent Poetry, but we’re very excited about continuing to celebrate and support poets working and playing online.

Our first writing prompt will go up on Monday, May 3; and our first “Come one, Come all” call for responses will go up on Friday, May 7.

Watch this space for announcements about our progress! Explore for a bit! Figure out how things work! Leave a comment* to let us know you stopped by! Peanuts! Popcorn! Cotton candy!

*Remember, your initial comments will go into our “pending” comments file; we’ll approve them as quickly as we can while we train the site in proper circus etiquette!

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58 Responses to “ Hello, circus-goers! ”

  1. Deb on April 21, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    I know I am excited!

    • Big Tent Poetry on April 22, 2010 at 8:58 am

      We all are!

  2. Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    i love the circus! i love this circus!! :)

  3. Cynthia Short on April 22, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    I can just smell the greasepaint and here the calliope! Hurrah!

    • Deb on April 22, 2010 at 2:26 pm

      Hello, hello! We’re so glad you are here. :-)

    • Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 2:28 pm

      hi, cynthia! (thanks for saying “smell the greasepaint” instead of “smell the elephants” — what a polite guest you are!)

  4. Dave on April 22, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    Whose idea was it to feed beans to the elephants?

    • Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 2:36 pm

      that would be deb. i think she’s the only one of us who cooks.

      • Deb on April 22, 2010 at 2:40 pm

        Legumes are part of a healthy diet!

  5. SarahJ on April 22, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    Putting on my tutu to ride the elephants round here!
    yippee

    • Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 2:39 pm

      hi, sarah!!!! that tutu is gorgeous.

    • Deb on April 22, 2010 at 2:44 pm

      You’re onto the next big thing: carny! http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/trends-circus-carnival-couture-cuffs-ruffs-stripes-unite-1898/

      • SarahJ on April 29, 2010 at 8:24 am

        Cute, i regularly lose money at Etsy. :D

  6. beth on April 22, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    Hey, this is a place where we can all be (poetry) freaks! Congrats and thanks, Deb, Carolee, Jill!

    • Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 4:22 pm

      poetry is the best kind of oddity a person can possess. :)

  7. Donna on April 22, 2010 at 7:03 pm

    Getting my amazing high-flying trapeze act ready…good job getting started!

    • Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 7:35 pm

      thanks, donna. it’s so nice to see you! be careful up there on the trapeze!

  8. January on April 22, 2010 at 7:45 pm

    Look at all the awesomeness! Congratulations ladies. Can’t wait to try the first prompt.

    • Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 7:50 pm

      thanks, jan! looking forward to reading your poems, as always!!!

  9. Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    i am already having so much fun. :)

  10. Jason Crane | jasoncrane.org on April 22, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    In the words of Mother Theresa: Huzzah!

    • Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 8:18 pm

      huzzah, brainy smurf! huzzah!

    • Deb on April 23, 2010 at 9:38 am

      I think I need to meet you, Jason. Hi Jason!

  11. Joseph Harker on April 22, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    Shivering with antici…

    …

    …

    …

    …pation!

    • Deb on April 23, 2010 at 9:38 am

      Hi Joseph!!

  12. Carolee on April 22, 2010 at 10:10 pm

    oh, good! hope the unveiling gives you a quick fix — enough to get you by ’til the first prompt 5/3!

  13. James on April 23, 2010 at 8:21 am

    This is so exciting. Thanks for putting this together!

    • Deb on April 23, 2010 at 9:36 am

      It’s our pleasure, really!! Glad you are here. :-)

  14. Marie Gauthier on April 23, 2010 at 8:35 am

    I knew I could count on y’all to not leave me hanging on that poetry high wire…hurrah!

    • Deb on April 23, 2010 at 9:37 am

      We’re *all* up on that wire now! Having The Good Times!

    • Carolee on April 23, 2010 at 12:49 pm

      but you look so beautiful up there … the greatest of ease!

  15. barbara on April 23, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    *try to avoid visualizing a fat woman tickled pink*

    • Deb on April 23, 2010 at 5:24 pm

      Can’t help but smile!! Hi!!

  16. Carolee on April 23, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    hi, barbara!

  17. Robert on April 24, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    Expecting good things!

    • Carolee on April 25, 2010 at 8:09 am

      so are we. :)

  18. Dan Rako on April 25, 2010 at 12:36 am

    Down like a clown, Charlie Brown.

    • Carolee on April 25, 2010 at 8:10 am

      oh, the poetry’s flowin’ already! :)

      hi, dan!

  19. Short Poems on April 26, 2010 at 5:32 pm

    Hi everyone,really nice place here,glad I found you :)

    marinela x x

    • Deb on April 27, 2010 at 7:07 am

      Welcome, welcome!

  20. Katie on April 27, 2010 at 12:56 am

    What?!? No adverbs in my poems? I must (softly) protest!

    • Deb on April 27, 2010 at 7:15 am

      Nice to see you, Katie! Come play, with all your words!

  21. angie on April 27, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    I knew that old song would come in handy someday; maybe now we’ll find out why the monkey really sat on the elephant’s trunk!

    (looks like fun in here!)

    • Deb on April 28, 2010 at 7:43 am

      I have that song in my head now! :-) (I always did like that song.)

  22. Ron. on April 28, 2010 at 8:03 pm

    Leave a Reply
    Ron.

    • Ron. on April 28, 2010 at 8:54 pm

      Go Ahead. You dare me.

  23. carolee on April 28, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    um … too much cotton candy already?

    • Deb on April 28, 2010 at 9:38 pm

      Hmm. I don’t think I have ever had too much cotton candy. (No matter what the witnesses said!)

  24. Julie Jordan Scott on April 30, 2010 at 9:21 am

    I am grateful to have a place to hang out with other poems which will also help me to write differently. That is one of my favorite aspects of having a poetry community… I am encouraged to write on different topics so I am naturally stretched. I appreciate that and so much more I can’t really put into words.

    THANK YOU.

    • Carolee on April 30, 2010 at 1:36 pm

      great to see you, julie!

  25. Chris Jarmick on April 30, 2010 at 11:48 am

    Good to know you’re jumping in to make the loss of Read-Write a little less of an impact. Hopefully new habits will begin and another wonderful online poetry community will blossom.
    Good luck, I plan on stopping in when I’m able.

    Keep writing.

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    Poetry is Everything
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    • Carolee on April 30, 2010 at 1:38 pm

      the loss is a loss, for sure. and it is felt.

      we’re hoping to create something wonderful here, too, and hope to see you again soon!

  26. Jim McNeely on April 30, 2010 at 4:18 pm

    This looks fun, I’ll be taking part! Thanks for doing this.

    • Deb on April 30, 2010 at 10:06 pm

      Glad to hear that Jim! Yay!!

  27. Nellsy on May 1, 2010 at 9:36 am

    Hurrah!

    • Deb on May 1, 2010 at 11:02 am

      Good morning & hurrah!

  28. Robin on May 2, 2010 at 11:34 pm

    Doing NaPoWriMo with the ReadWrite community was such a great experience. I’m delighted to find Big Tent up and running. I’m in!

    • Carolee on May 3, 2010 at 7:15 am

      hi, robin!

      i had fun with the member prompts at RWP, too. so glad you stopped by the circus!