COME ONE, COME ALL / January 14

January 14, 2011
By Big Tent Poetry

by Carolee, Deb & Jill

It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt – did you make a word list and pull a poem from it? — 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

Hint: We’ve set Big Tent Poetry to Central Time.

Hint: An easy way to check on new post comments is via a RSS reader, if you use one. Here’s the address you would add to your reader: https://bigtentpoetry.org/comments/feed.

Hint: If you are new to our site, or put more than one link in your comment, your comment(s) will be held for moderation for your first few posts. We’re checking the filters often, so don’t despair! That said, if it takes more than a half a day to see it come live on the site, do email us at info (at) bigtentpoetry.org. (But be patient, okay?)

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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46 Responses to “ COME ONE, COME ALL / January 14 ”

  1. lkv on January 14, 2011 at 12:17 am

    Please find my Ode to the Letter E here…. http://lkv-twistedmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/01/big-tent-response-january-14th.html

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  2. Sam on January 14, 2011 at 1:11 am

    “Up the Lonely Stairs”

    http://thinkingcities.blogspot.com/2011/01/up-lonely-stairs.html

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  3. Nathan Landau on January 14, 2011 at 1:21 am

    The poem found the prompt this week, rather than the other way around.


    Migration

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  4. Rinkly Rimes on January 14, 2011 at 2:26 am

    Rather a lighthearted approach from me.I had other things on my mind!

    http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2011/01/bingo.html

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  5. Rinkly Rimes on January 14, 2011 at 2:57 am

    http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2011/01/in-beginning.html

    I know little about music but I love the guitar so Thank you.

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    • Rinkly Rimes on January 14, 2011 at 2:58 am

      Sorry! jumped the gun! I’ll be back!

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  6. pamela on January 14, 2011 at 3:22 am

    Enjoyable prompt.
    http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2011/01/rememberance-big-tent-poetry-36-list-of.html

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  7. gautami tripathy on January 14, 2011 at 3:53 am

    I vented with this poem:

    http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2011/01/recurring-rant-rendered-railing-in.html

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  8. Joanne Johns on January 14, 2011 at 4:41 am

    Mine is about the “F” word: Flood.

    I also did another flood related post this week called Endurance.

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  9. vivienne blake on January 14, 2011 at 4:56 am

    A very hasty one, though I enjoyed the prompt: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/the-letter-j-for-bigtent/

    I’ll look at the others later.

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  10. The letter J for Bigtent | Vivinfrance's Blog on January 14, 2011 at 4:59 am

    [...] Big Tent suggested that we choose a letter, list the words then  leave aside.  Later, add more words to turn the whole thing on its head.  I chose the letter j, because so many funny words  begin with it.  You’ll find other responses here: https://bigtentpoetry.org/2011/01/come-one-come-all-january-14/comment-page-1/#comment-8807 [...]

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  11. nan on January 14, 2011 at 6:33 am

    I don’t always follow directions. This time I really did! What an interesting process! My poem is called nasturtium.

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  12. Laurie Kolp on January 14, 2011 at 6:46 am

    I enjoyed this week’s activity. My poem is “Lucifer”… hope you laugh!

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

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  13. RJ Clarken on January 14, 2011 at 6:47 am

    This was a fun proMpt. (Guess what letter I chose?!) Thanks!

    http://1ightverse.blogspot.com/2011/01/todays-post-has-been-brought-to-you-by.html

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  14. RJ Clarken on January 14, 2011 at 6:48 am

    This was a fun proMpt! (Guess what letter I chose?!) Thanks!

    http://1ightverse.blogspot.com/2011/01/todays-post-has-been-brought-to-you-by.html

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  15. James on January 14, 2011 at 6:50 am

    Here’s mine: Grackle Ghazal

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  16. Grackle Ghazal | Coyote Mercury on January 14, 2011 at 6:52 am

    [...] to the Big Tent to see what others came up [...]

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  17. Linda Watskin on January 14, 2011 at 7:41 am

    I followed directions and ended up with the letter M.

    http://word-painting.blogspot.com/2011/01/uzzen-sheerah.html

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  18. Jeanne Aguilar on January 14, 2011 at 8:15 am

    Can’t wait to read everyone’s poems!
    Here’s mine.

    http://sidelinesbyjeanne.blogspot.com/

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  19. Carolee on January 14, 2011 at 8:18 am

    happy friday, everyone!!!!

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  20. Elizabeth J. on January 14, 2011 at 8:18 am

    Finally back after a long holiday… and into a crazy, rare Southern snowstorm: Spumoni Snowstorm

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  21. Dick on January 14, 2011 at 8:35 am

    ‘M’ for music – and then it all spun somewhat out of control. Anyway, here I am – http://patteran.typepad.com.

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  22. Marian Veverka on January 14, 2011 at 8:38 am

    Hi, the letter “S” has a big family….here is a favorite word
    http://Marianv.blog.co.uk

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  23. twitches on January 14, 2011 at 8:45 am

    Whiy I Hate to Submit

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    • twitches on January 14, 2011 at 8:45 am

      Well, that should be “Why” not “Whiy”!

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  24. twitches on January 14, 2011 at 8:49 am

    Well, that link is wrong too. If anyone can actually find the poem after all my mistakes, here is the real link. Sorry, it’s early!

    Why I Hate to Submit

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  25. mark on January 14, 2011 at 9:23 am

    Inspired by sounds and Jack Kerouac, I took the prompt, spun it on its ear and came up with ‘Pop-Tart’

    http://radio-nowhere.org/nb/?p=607

    Honest critique is most welcome, and thank you for reading!

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  26. Dan Wilcox on January 14, 2011 at 9:29 am

    Thinking about words v. actions, I somehow came to this:
    http://dwlcx.blogspot.com/2011/01/l-word.html

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  27. sb on January 14, 2011 at 10:13 am

    Snapshot Poem 12 January 002011

    Critiques welcome!

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  28. hedgewitch on January 14, 2011 at 10:28 am

    I chose the letter”S” and had a list a mile long. Only a few made it into the poem, but I did try to stick with the general idea of alliteration:

    Sanctuary

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  29. Joseph Harker on January 14, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Accidentally hit two letters at once with my super-accurate random-letter-selection system of closing my eyes and hitting the keyboard. So, for “TR”: Tremolo

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  30. annell on January 14, 2011 at 10:49 am

    I made my list from the letter “A.”

    http://somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com

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    • vivienne Blake on January 14, 2011 at 11:26 am

      Annell, your Thursday stone exactly described me at 5.00 this morning!

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  31. annell on January 14, 2011 at 10:50 am

    http://somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com/2011/01/monday-january-10-2011-poetry-potluck.html

    Sorry. The letter “A.”

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  32. barbara on January 14, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    I don’t know what people seem to have against “f” words.

    phantom fandango

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  33. Tumblewords on January 14, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    An ess re-post. Thanks for the prompt and the site!

    http://firsttumblewords.blogspot.com/2011/01/poem-for-big-tent-poetry.html

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  34. Madeleine Begun Kane on January 14, 2011 at 11:47 pm

    Thanks for the fun prompt. Here’s my Gargantuan limerick.

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  35. Strummed Words on January 15, 2011 at 7:44 am

    Here’s my Z poem! I did this also for another prompt but hope it works here too!

    Z poem

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  36. Deb on January 15, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Mine is a c-word: Collide.

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  37. rob kistner on January 16, 2011 at 10:50 am

    Mocked

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  38. Iain D. Kemp on January 16, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    I started with the letter G and as I’ve been having a musical weekend, this is what resulted: http://almerimarlife.com/forum/topic/1132/geronimo-a-poem-by-iain-douglas-kemp/

    Iain

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  39. Edward Rinaldi on January 16, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Never wondering that the wander always bends my time just so that a glimpse or tilt and turn can show me how dark the daylight can be when sleep-walking through my life…I love stumbling into inspiration despite myself…thanks for the prompt…V is for…

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    • Deb on January 16, 2011 at 3:47 pm

      Welcome to the Tent, Edward!

      (Click on his name to get to the poem, folks.)

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      • Edward Rinaldi on January 16, 2011 at 4:02 pm

        Thanks for the prompt as well as the parenthetical assistance…

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  40. Kim Nelson on January 16, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    LOVED this prompt and process.
    Here’s mine: http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/01/13/hope/

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  41. ms pie on January 17, 2011 at 3:41 pm

    this was such a great prompt love alliteration…. this was hard to complete i’ve changed it a thousand times…. finally had to let it go…. thank you for the post regarding feedback and writing it was a good read.. informative and encouraging….

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