COME ONE, COME ALL/October 1

October 1, 2010
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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 — let an adventure spark a poem! — 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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61 Responses to “ COME ONE, COME ALL/October 1 ”

  1. Nimue on October 1, 2010 at 12:12 am

    I did something different all this week in my writings .. Thanks to you for planting the seeds in my mind. And i would share with you this post :

    http://ladynimue.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/guilty-pride/

    Happy weekend ahead :)

  2. vivienne blake on October 1, 2010 at 12:21 am

    Here’s mine: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/mainly-for-big…poetry-27-9-10/

  3. gautami tripathy on October 1, 2010 at 12:35 am

    The only difference being, I wrote a haibun in 55 words!

    http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2010/10/mixed-55er.html

  4. gautami tripathy on October 1, 2010 at 12:40 am

    As Vivienne’s link is not working, I post the URL here for her:

    http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/mainly-for-big-tent-poetry-27-9-10/

    • Deb on October 1, 2010 at 7:00 am

      Thanks, Gautami!

  5. Victoria Hendricks on October 1, 2010 at 12:40 am

    This was a great prompt for me – encouraged me to write about a recent experience of taking my first dance class in 36 years, and stretched my style to more of a story telling less boiled down form than I’ve used much recently. Thanks. Here’s the link: http://victoria-andnowpoems.blogspot.com/2010/09/adventure-poem-for-big-tent.html

    • Diane T on October 1, 2010 at 4:07 am

      Here is the direct link:

      http://victoria-andnowpoems.blogspot.com/2010/09/adventure-poem-for-big-tent.html

      • Deb on October 1, 2010 at 7:00 am

        Thanks for doing that, Diane!

  6. barbara on October 1, 2010 at 12:45 am

    Interesting prompt. I was going to climb a tree by the carpark and watch the dancers on the terrace, but I can barely manage the curbing. what to do? what to do?

  7. Deb on October 1, 2010 at 1:04 am

    What a terrific prompt! Alas, I’ll be traveling this weekend, so will not be able to participate much, but will try my darndest to check for spam.

    Do be patient as Carolee is also traveling.

    Have fun, you wonderful poets!

  8. Rinkly Rimes on October 1, 2010 at 1:16 am

    Adventures that not many can enjoy today! Ah nostalgia!

    http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2008/08/102-without-hitch_22.html

  9. Dr.FTSE on October 1, 2010 at 1:25 am

    Wrote one at the top of my voice HERE!

  10. pamela on October 1, 2010 at 1:32 am

    I wrote about something I have always loved.
    Thanks for a great prompt.

    http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2010/09/skating-big-tent-poetry-22-let.html

  11. Dick on October 1, 2010 at 2:01 am

    Thanks for the prompt, folks. Here a child explores a derelict house. Click on my name for a look inside.

    • Deb on October 1, 2010 at 7:01 am

      http://patteran.typepad.com/patteran_pages/2010/09/big-tent-poetryprompt-this-empty-house-this-empty-housewithin-this-derelict-house-im-assuming-solitude-not-so-high-co.html

      Love this long link!

  12. jinksy on October 1, 2010 at 2:51 am

    You can hot foot it to here for my offering! http://pens-poems.blogspot.com/2010/10/try-something-new.html

  13. Mary on October 1, 2010 at 3:15 am

    I traveled back to my childhood.

    http://inthecornerofmyeye.blogspot.com/2010/09/field.html

  14. Diane T on October 1, 2010 at 3:29 am

    I tunneled to a favorite childhood place in my poem:

    http://troublebeingstrong.blogspot.com/2010/09/from-blackberry-brambles.html

  15. And The Award For Greediest Retailer Goes To… « The Laughing Housewife on October 1, 2010 at 4:03 am

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  16. Tilly Bud on October 1, 2010 at 4:05 am

    Here’s mine: http://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/and-the-award-for-greediest-retailer-goes-to/

  17. rob kistner on October 1, 2010 at 4:37 am

    Kisses Crimson-Gold

  18. Rachel Barenblat on October 1, 2010 at 5:12 am

    This week’s prompt was a good one for me!

    The permeable world
    http://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2010/09/another-mother-poem-permeable-world.html

    • gautami tripathy on October 1, 2010 at 7:49 am

      I couldn’t comment on yours either, Rachel. I loved the last stanza very much.

  19. derrick2 on October 1, 2010 at 5:13 am

    It doesn’t hurt to dream!

    http://melrosemusings.blogspot.com/2010/10/if-only.html

  20. Christopher Hileman on October 1, 2010 at 5:56 am

    Here is what I will do if you ask. Just ask.

    http://northernwall.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-i-will-do.html

  21. Rachel on October 1, 2010 at 6:25 am

    Remembering a medical adventure this week:

    Surgery

  22. irene on October 1, 2010 at 6:25 am

    Climb every mountain. Well, not really.

    sojourn in autumn

  23. Linda Watskin on October 1, 2010 at 6:28 am

    let’s roll—

    http://word-painting.blogspot.com/2010/09/city-roller-girl.html

  24. gautami tripathy on October 1, 2010 at 7:46 am

    For some reason, I have not been able to comment on typepad blogs.

    Dick, I loved your spooky post. Perfect for this season. I really like dark.

  25. Cynthia Short on October 1, 2010 at 8:19 am

    What a great prompt…Thanks for helping me write after a few weeks of “verbal constipation”!
    You’ll find my poem here: http://cynthiashort.blogspot.com

  26. Joseph Harker on October 1, 2010 at 8:31 am

    Dancing around in the rain? Don’t mind if I do. Birthday

  27. Sender UpWords on October 1, 2010 at 8:37 am

    Great prompt. I won’t be able to read everyone until this weekend. But thanks and Happy Friday One and All…http://wp.me/pSOYe-DK

  28. Rallentanda on October 1, 2010 at 8:45 am

    I wrote about something I saw, which triggered off something I had forgotten from a long time ago. A bit cryptic, but I know what it means.

    ‘Woman in White’

    http://rallentanda.blogspot.com

  29. pwf on October 1, 2010 at 8:50 am

    I like your prompt, she said, holding in her hand an apple

  30. Elizabeth on October 1, 2010 at 9:10 am

    Not exactly to prompt

    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/here-but-for-me-there-be-dragons/

  31. Weasel on October 1, 2010 at 9:39 am

    http://systematicweasel.blogspot.com/2010/09/from-sleep-to-someone-elses-mirror.html

    Breaking the rules a bit. Went on a journey this week and this is the product. =)

    -Weasel

  32. Marian Veverka on October 1, 2010 at 9:54 am

    Not quite the adventerous answer to the prompt, but I spend a lot of time looking out windows.
    The poem is here http://Marianv.blog.co.uk

  33. Tumblewords on October 1, 2010 at 10:25 am

    It happens, again.

    When Orange is Gone

  34. Jeeves on October 1, 2010 at 10:31 am

    http://poemsotherwise.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.html

  35. Book Bird Dog on October 1, 2010 at 11:02 am

    I stayed indoors! It’s cool and I’m coming down with something, I think. Here is my poem: The Basement

    • Deb on October 9, 2010 at 9:57 am

      Hi Book Bird Dog! Welcome to the Tent, belatedly, but still a warm hello!

  36. Elizabeth J. on October 1, 2010 at 12:06 pm

    Great prompt! I was able to attend a classical piano concert (first time in about 4 years)… really focused on what I was feeling as I listened and felt the music:
    By the 5 Browns

  37. Betwixt and Between « Prose Posies on October 1, 2010 at 12:51 pm

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  38. Cara Holman on October 1, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    Another haibun…

    http://caraholman.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/betwixt-and-between/

  39. Melanie Bishop on October 1, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    mine:

    my poem

    Melanie

  40. EKSwitaj on October 1, 2010 at 4:23 pm

    I’ve been trying to get outside my head for a while now:

    Trespassing

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  42. Pam on October 1, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    I went on an interior adventure. This started with me stepping outside my front door as the sun was rising and then went in a direction I didn’t quite expect:

    A Song of Coming Light

  43. Rallentanda on October 1, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    Your bellows are rocking the foundations down here. I suggest a nice cuppa tea and a good
    lie down ( wink wink ,say no more.)

    • Rallentanda on October 1, 2010 at 8:10 pm

      Oops,don’t know how this happened… this is a comment for Doc FTSE.

  44. Happy Flower on October 1, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    A bit late but just a buzz of a week.
    Shall be around to visit this weekend.

    http://happyflowerwordzoo002.wordpress.com/

  45. Mallery on October 2, 2010 at 3:41 am

    I’m continuing my rebellious streak and not following the prompt, though I plan on using it later this week. This week, I did a character free-write based on a line from a poem I read recently.

  46. Jodi Dills on October 2, 2010 at 10:25 am

    First time I’ve done this for Big Tent. We’ll see if it works.
    Following the prompt, I was inspired to write about the idea of dating again after six years of not seeing anyone. I am 61 years of age, so this is a huge “step” for me.

    http://mjdills.blogspot.com/2010/10/step-out.html

    • Iain D. Kemp on October 2, 2010 at 6:59 pm

      Nice one Jodi!! Good to see a fellow BDer over here!

      Iain

    • Deb on October 9, 2010 at 9:55 am

      Welcome to the Tent, Jodi. Glad you were inspired, and good luck with it “all!”

  47. Iain D. Kemp on October 2, 2010 at 11:09 am

    I also did not leave the house for this one – just looked out the window…. here’s the link: http://almerimarlife.com/forum/topic/1039/window-on-the-world-a-poem-by-iain-douglas-kemp/

    Cheers all

    Iain

  48. Ruth on October 2, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    Didn’t have to go far for this one:

    http://turtlememoir.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/word-soup/

    Loved the prompt

  49. Jingle on October 3, 2010 at 12:07 pm

    http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/try-to-rejoice-it/

    Happy Writing,
    Happy Reading!

  50. Uma Gowrishankar on October 3, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    Here’s my poem – http://umaathreya.blogsome.com/2010/10/03/miracle-maker/

    • Ruth on October 3, 2010 at 2:10 pm

      I don’t know why my comment wouldn’t take on your blog, but I just had to come here to let you know how much I loved it. Thank you.