COME ONE, COME ALL / January 7

January 7, 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 — a poem with a foot, or feet, in 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?)

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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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  1. Christopher on January 7, 2011 at 12:04 am

    http://northernwall.blogspot.com/2011/01/hermetic-moment.html

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  2. Brenda on January 7, 2011 at 12:07 am

    Sole Readers – and I got ‘into’ it. Stompin’ joys! Thanks for the great prompt!

    Also, I would like to thank Big Tent Poetry for prompts for poems that ended up in my recent poetry album, Starfire, a Creative Commons licensed free download on Jamendo. Of the 11 poems, I think 3 were written for prompts here – so I wanted to say thank you! (‘What Would I Write’; ‘Heiroglyphic’; and ‘Ink Ocean’ which began as a poem written in a drawing).

    Hey, the tent extends outwards! You are a super team with a great group. Again, many thanks.

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    • Deb on January 7, 2011 at 9:02 am

      A huge “you’re welcome” back to you. Exciting stuff, Brenda! Can hardly wait to give a listen.

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      • Brenda on January 9, 2011 at 11:37 pm

        Whenever… Deb, no rush – of course I’d be delighted if you listened – but with your own poetry, Big Tent, work, marriage, hikes and and and … whenever. I did link to Big Tent at Jamendo though, with thanks. Though I don’t participate very often in the prompts, when I do it’s been a wonderful experience.

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  3. Rinkly Rimes on January 7, 2011 at 12:37 am

    http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2011/01/on-foot.html

    From a wide choice of ‘foot’ ideas this was mine!

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  4. gautami tripathy on January 7, 2011 at 12:38 am

    Here is mine:

    I write footnotes here…

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  5. Madeleine Begun Kane on January 7, 2011 at 1:07 am

    Here’s mine. Thanks!
    Feet Trouble Afoot

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    • Deb on January 7, 2011 at 1:45 am

      Mad Kane! How nice to see you here!

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      • Madeleine Begun Kane on January 7, 2011 at 2:44 am

        Thanks, Deb. I’m happy to have discovered these prompts via Amanda Moore!

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        • Amanda Moore on January 7, 2011 at 5:47 pm

          Can’t wait to see what you have Mad!

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  6. pamela on January 7, 2011 at 1:19 am

    Thanks for the prompt.
    http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2011/01/tak-and-nie-big-tent-poetry-35-feet.html

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  7. Myrna on January 7, 2011 at 1:33 am

    For the first time, I’ll be posting my poem and linking to Big Tent Poetry. Glad to join in.

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    • Deb on January 7, 2011 at 1:45 am

      Welcome to the Tent, Myrna!

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      • vivienne blake on January 7, 2011 at 3:05 am

        Glad to meet you Myrna, but I couldn’t find your poem.

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        • Deb on January 7, 2011 at 9:03 am

          Me, neither. Hope she’ll be back.

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  8. Elizabeth on January 7, 2011 at 1:52 am

    Following footprints,

    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/whose-footprints-do-i-follow/

    Elizabeth

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  9. vivienne blake on January 7, 2011 at 2:17 am

    Here’s mine: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/one-foot-in-front-of-the-other-for-big-tent/

    I had fun!

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  10. Dick on January 7, 2011 at 2:21 am

    Mine involves feet on the move. Click on my name above to lock step.

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  11. gmc on January 7, 2011 at 6:07 am

    IPOD

    Barefoot live embers
    Spotting on the foam
    Like oasis of oxygen
    Water for the soul
    Fire for the mind
    Wind to help the rain

    On barefoot earth
    Magic taste of wonderful
    Sounds like an ocean
    Of velvet raindrops
    Lazying under a purple moon
    A smile on the trigger

    In effervescent harmonies
    On which feet never put
    Their running hands
    Bare means rare
    As the embers still shine
    For the eyes of the sword

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    • Deb on January 7, 2011 at 9:03 am

      Welcome to the Tent, gmc.

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      • gmc on January 7, 2011 at 11:39 am

        thx

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  12. nan on January 7, 2011 at 6:19 am

    Great prompt. My poem is here.

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  13. Saadi on January 7, 2011 at 6:26 am

    Good stuff everyone, here’s my one http://saadiwriting.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/dark-night-of-the-sole/

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  14. Jade on January 7, 2011 at 7:05 am

    My poem is Child . This was a fun prompt! This childhood memory immediately came to mind when I read the prompt.

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    • Laurie Kolp on January 7, 2011 at 10:08 am

      For some reason, I can’t get your poem…

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      • Laurie Kolp on January 7, 2011 at 10:09 am

        … the link, that is, doesn’t work. Please let me know how I can get to it. Thanks, Jade!

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        • Elizabeth on January 7, 2011 at 6:26 pm

          I had the same problem.

          Elizabeth

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    • S.E.Ingraham on January 9, 2011 at 9:40 pm

      Dawn – I was able to get to Blush of Dawn but couldn’t find Child – is it there somewhere and I’m just clueless?

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  15. James on January 7, 2011 at 7:21 am

    Here’s mine: Old Selene Telling Lies

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  16. RJ Clarken on January 7, 2011 at 7:32 am

    Meow! Here’s mine! http://1ightverse.blogspot.com/2011/01/little-cat-feet.html

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  17. annell on January 7, 2011 at 7:43 am

    It seemed very hard to write about feet. But here it is!
    http://www.somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com/

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  18. twitches on January 7, 2011 at 7:58 am

    Here’s mine!

    Simon Neighboring

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    • twitches on January 7, 2011 at 7:58 am

      Um, that should just say “Neighboring,” NOT “Simon Neighboring.” Cut and paste not always the best idea, huh?

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  19. Tilly Bud on January 7, 2011 at 8:07 am

    Here’s mine; not a great one but it’s something:

    http://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/well-let-you-know/

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  20. Laurie Kolp on January 7, 2011 at 8:13 am

    Mine is “Virgin Feet at a Hoedown”… hope you enjoy… yee-haw!

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

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  21. Linda Watskin on January 7, 2011 at 8:20 am

    I initially felt stumped and then I recalled sitting on a bench savoring an coffee heath yogurt cone and people watching. Since it was a hot and humid day most feet were clad in sandals—exposing their beauty and imperfections to any onlooker. I started there and as poems are wont to do I meandered elsewhere.

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

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  22. Linda Watskin on January 7, 2011 at 8:21 am

    make that a coffee heath cone ( the an is inadvertent slip)

    Linda

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  23. carolee on January 7, 2011 at 9:14 am

    look at all of you so quick!!

    i don’t have a foot poem yet (but i am determined to write one)! in the meantime, if you want, take a peek at the daily small stones i’ve been writing along with at least a couple hundred others (including some of you!)

    they are here:

    http://caroleesherwood.wordpress.com/

    back later to read!

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  24. Donna Vorreyer on January 7, 2011 at 10:24 am

    Here is mine – I’d really love suggestions on this one!

    http://djvorreyer.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/get-on-the-good-foot/

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  25. Barbara on January 7, 2011 at 10:51 am

    mine’s from a pedal point of view

    of course http://wp.me/pdTja-1j9

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  26. Jeanne Aguilar on January 7, 2011 at 10:57 am

    I’ve been on break and have really enjoyed Big Tent Poetry! Because of you, and my friend Erin who introduced me to your website, I started a blog. I had not idea there was so much fun to be had out there in the cyber world! I’m going back to work on Monday, but plan to still hang out with you while I drink my early morning coffee…so many poets and artists to enjoy! And it feels so good to write!

    http://sidelinesbyjeanne.blogspot.com/

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    • Deb on January 7, 2011 at 12:19 pm

      Nice to have you here, Jeanne!

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  27. Joseph Harker on January 7, 2011 at 10:58 am

    Not a terribly original title, and not a terribly developed idea… what an auspicious beginning to the new year. :P Footprints

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  28. Kim Nelson on January 7, 2011 at 11:01 am

    Here’s the text:

    Sometimes

    When I AM wide awake and cold

    And you are soundly sleeping

    I wiggle my feet between your legs

    Then doze

    Connected and Contented

    Here’s the link:
    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/01/07/my-feet/

    Thank you for the forum and the fun!

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    • Deb on January 7, 2011 at 12:19 pm

      Hey, Kim! Welcome to the Tent.

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  29. Cara Holman on January 7, 2011 at 11:26 am

    Serendipitously, my “small stone” from yesterday also doubles as a single line ku:

    a river of stones- 1.6.11

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  30. Cosmos Cami on January 7, 2011 at 11:48 am

    Ah, visit mine for the photos alone. LOL
    http://thecosmicword.blogspot.com/2011/01/big-tent-prompt-feet-folly.html

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  31. Tumblewords on January 7, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    Thanks for the prompt!

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

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  32. Lady Nimue on January 7, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    This was a surprise !! I really did not expect i would be able to write about feet !! But I did :

    http://ladynimue.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/blessed-feet/

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  33. Robin on January 7, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    Hi, all. Hands instead of feet. :)

    http://robin-turner.blogspot.com/2011/01/hands-for-big-tent-and-small-stone-7.html

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  34. Nathan Landau on January 7, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    The foot came late to the game, but the whole thing is rather bodily.

    On Viewing Family Photos After Christmas Dinner

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  35. Dan Wilcox on January 7, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    I shouldn’t be clogging up these comments with old stuff, but if anyone is interested in a vey old poem on “foot” in the plural that I revised & posted on my Blog in November, this is on-prompt –
    http://dwlcx.blogspot.com/2010/11/feets.html

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  36. Iain D. Kemp on January 7, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Greetings Poets!!!

    After something of a writing hiatus, I am back! I have rediscovered my muse in amongst concentrating on my live readings and recording the next few months podcasts… this weeks is “Andalucia Flood” btw…

    This prompt sent me off on a lunatic tangent, ably assisted by a stomach virus & crazy fever… anyway “Foot Long Dog” can be found here: http://almerimarlife.com/forum/topic/1129/foot-long-dog-an-abstract-poem-by-iain-douglas-kemp/

    Best to all

    Iain

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    • Laurie Kolp on January 7, 2011 at 10:30 pm

      You had me in stitches, Iain! I love this one, but couldn’t find a place to comment.

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  37. Terri French on January 7, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    http://terrilfrench-themullingmuse.blogspot.com/2011/01/in-stitches.html

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  38. Joanne Johns on January 7, 2011 at 3:48 pm

    I finally made it back…

    Feet

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  39. Marian Veverka on January 7, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    Mine is on http://Marianv.blog.co.uk

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  40. Connie Peters on January 7, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    Short and sweet. Hurrah for feet.

    http://enthusiasticsoul.blogspot.com/2011/01/big-tent-prompt-feet-poem.html

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  41. ms pie on January 7, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    great prompt this week! .. http://pieceofpie.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/flashback-forward/flashback forward

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  42. Amanda Moore on January 7, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    Last but not least?
    http://www.blogginwithamanda.com/2011/01/05/big-tent-poetry-2/

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  43. EKSwitaj on January 7, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    I actually wrote this before reading the prompt, but it fit too well not to post it:

    Sho(v)e|s

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  44. irene on January 7, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    Silly foot poems.

    foot limerick poems

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  45. Kelly on January 7, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    Here’s mine. Great prompt, Carolee – thanks!

    http://www.starsandwillows.com/2011/01/servants/

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  46. m. lloyd hedel on January 7, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    sometimes it takes all day

    Walk a Mile

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  47. Mary on January 7, 2011 at 11:33 pm

    I’ve written a number of ‘one foot in front of the other’ poems during the past few months. I didn’t think I had another ‘foot’ poem in me, but I found that I did:

    http://inthecornerofmyeye.blogspot.com/2011/01/just-walk.html

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  48. Deb on January 8, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    Wow. It’s nice to see you all here. I hope to be back with a poem!

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  49. rob kistner on January 8, 2011 at 9:40 pm

    This has FOOTball in it… WTD!!!

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  50. S.E.Ingraham on January 9, 2011 at 3:03 am

    finally getting around to …
    Feet to Feet
    http://thepoet-tree-house.blogspot.com/

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