COME ONE, COME ALL / March 11

March 11, 2011
By Carolee

by Carolee, Deb & Jill

It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt — science!— 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 / March 11 ”

  1. Joseph Harker on March 11, 2011 at 12:07 am

    An astronomical attempt: With a Bang, With a Whimper

  2. thingy on March 11, 2011 at 12:12 am

    Hi, Should be fun!

    http://thingy-thingy-ponderinglife.blogspot.com/2011/03/come-to-circus.html

  3. Brenda on March 11, 2011 at 12:14 am

    Whirling Stillness. Time, memory. A drawing of some strange vertebrae became integral to the poem, too.

  4. Madeleine Begun Kane on March 11, 2011 at 12:20 am

    Thanks so much for inspiring me with the Space Station article. Here’s my
    Limerick In Free-Fall.

    • Judy Roney on March 12, 2011 at 9:36 pm

      I don’t know why I can’t reply to your posts, but I keep trying. THe message says you block replies with proxies as does some others. Since I don’t know what a proxi is, I can’t fix it but I do want you to know I love your limericks.

    • Michelle Hed on March 13, 2011 at 11:54 am

      Love your Limerick!

  5. Jeeves on March 11, 2011 at 12:43 am

    http://poemsotherwise.blogspot.com/2011/03/for-you.html

    • vivienne blake on March 11, 2011 at 1:23 am

      a nice thought!

    • Jeanne Aguilar on March 11, 2011 at 8:53 am

      Very Sweet! I enjoyed!

    • thingy on March 11, 2011 at 9:40 am

      I loved this. Lovely.

    • gautami tripathy on March 11, 2011 at 10:43 am

      Jeeves, it is SO good to see you posting. Last week too I couldn’t comment. I have missed your beautiful verses…

    • Mike Patrick on March 13, 2011 at 11:54 am

      Ah, when science and love collide.

  6. vivienne blake on March 11, 2011 at 1:01 am

    Mime is here: http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/science-for-big-tent/

    • Willow on March 12, 2011 at 5:45 pm

      I like your Science poem, Vivienne…I agree everything is science, poetry and cooking too…The Science of Poetry.

  7. Victoria-liv2write2day on March 11, 2011 at 1:03 am

    Here’s my science poem…needs some rewriting, which I didn’t get a chance to do. I’d love to have your suggestions. Looking forward to yours.

    http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/we-are-big-tent-poetry/

  8. Dick on March 11, 2011 at 2:00 am

    Another great prompt. The Science of Flight – 1913 at http://patteran.typepad.com

  9. pamela on March 11, 2011 at 2:24 am

    I have written about the constellations.
    A great prompt, thanks.

    http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2011/03/look-to-sky-big-tent-poetry-44-science.html

  10. Anthony North on March 11, 2011 at 2:43 am

    My first time here. Hope you enjoy:

    http://anthonynorth.com/2011/03/science-mind

    • Deb on March 11, 2011 at 9:04 am

      Nice to see you here, Anthony. Welcome!

  11. Mariya Koleva on March 11, 2011 at 3:09 am

    Hi, it was very hard to wait till Friday, so here it is.
    For all readers, please note that the English-language poem is below the Bulgarian, so be patient and scroll a bit.

    http://phoenix-em.com/mariyakoleva/2011/03/life-will-find-a-way/

    • Deb on March 11, 2011 at 9:05 am

      Thanks for joining in, Mariya. Glad you found us!

  12. Rinkly Rimes on March 11, 2011 at 3:25 am

    http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2011/03/alien.html

    Is there such a thing as anti-science? If there is, this is it.

  13. Rallentanda on March 11, 2011 at 4:25 am

    A tanka on a scientific issue.

    http://rallentanda.blogspot.com

  14. irene on March 11, 2011 at 5:53 am

    Oh yea right, science *is* my forte. :)

    the equivalence principle

  15. Nimue on March 11, 2011 at 6:19 am

    No magic , some science of management :

    http://ladynimue.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/create-tim/

  16. nan on March 11, 2011 at 6:35 am

    I always did like physics.

    fundamental forces

  17. annell on March 11, 2011 at 6:56 am

    Art and Science

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

  18. Laurie Kolp on March 11, 2011 at 7:22 am

    More about the boy and his name is revealed.

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

  19. brenda w on March 11, 2011 at 7:27 am

    Here’s mine, thanks for being here!
    http://bozone-bw.blogspot.com/2011/03/black-swan-slipper-car.html

    • gautami tripathy on March 11, 2011 at 10:54 am

      I am unable to comment on your blog, Brenda! Wonderful poetry!

  20. gautami tripathy on March 11, 2011 at 7:40 am

    Here is mine:

    http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2011/03/dissolved.html

  21. Linda Watskin on March 11, 2011 at 7:46 am

    This was a fun prompt.
    http://word-painting.blogspot.com/2011/03/upon-reading-math-book-late-at-night.html

  22. Jeanne Aguilar on March 11, 2011 at 8:06 am

    Hi There! :)

    http://sidelinesbyjeanne.blogspot.com/

  23. Kim Nelson on March 11, 2011 at 8:08 am

    This was challenging and fun. A terrific prompt.

    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/03/09/you-and-me-scientifically/

  24. Marian Veverka on March 11, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Stars in the sky

    http://Marianv.blog.co.uk

  25. Donna Vorreyer on March 11, 2011 at 9:02 am

    Go, lymphatic system!

    http://wp.me/pv41q-lV

  26. Julie Jordan Scott on March 11, 2011 at 10:16 am

    My now love of science in the form of an experiment:

    http://juliejordanscott.typepad.com/jjspoetry/2011/03/experiment-again-a-poem-for-the-love-of-science.html

    • gautami tripathy on March 11, 2011 at 11:06 am

      I don’t know why but I can’t comment on typepad blogs. Julie, I enjoyed your poem very much…

  27. Nicole on March 11, 2011 at 10:29 am

    This was fun and a bit of a challenge!
    My offering: http://honeyhaiku.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/cosmology/

    • Deb on March 11, 2011 at 2:20 pm

      Welcome to the Tent, Nicole. Glad you had fun!

  28. Elizabeth on March 11, 2011 at 10:50 am

    I know little or nothing of science. This is a real experiment, lol.

    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/science-of-poem/

    Elizabeth

  29. Nancy Flynn on March 11, 2011 at 10:56 am

    A bit of a found poem from language in a science text:

    http://nancyflynn.typepad.com/stream_of_consciousness/2011/03/figure-1a.html

  30. gautami tripathy on March 11, 2011 at 11:08 am

    Nancy, your poem too made me sit up. Can’t comment on typepad blogs, hence doing it here…

  31. RJ Clarken on March 11, 2011 at 11:22 am

    I ♥ science poems! Today’s offering was inspired by one of the element on the Periodic Table.

    http://1ightverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/science-velocity-and-periodic-table-of.html

    Thanks!

  32. Connie L. Peters on March 11, 2011 at 11:22 am

    Noticed this story in the wickipedia under Tsunami

    This is an acrostic.

    http://enthusiasticsoul.blogspot.com/2011/03/btp-science-poem.html

  33. Cara Holman on March 11, 2011 at 11:56 am

    This prompt finally broke the poetry writing slump I’ve been in since concluding the February NaHaiWriMo Challenge:

    Alien Life and Laws of Attraction

  34. Jingle on March 11, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    Hello, here I am, with my new entry:

    When Science Becomes Political

    Enjoy, Thanks for the feedback…

  35. Iwrite4u on March 11, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    It’s something Science can’t explain : http://umaspoembook.blogspot.com/2011/03/inside-my-poem-book-let-me-tell-my.html

  36. Versebender on March 11, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    A brief (make that very brief) history of science:

    http://versebender.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/a-brief-history-of-science/

  37. Willow on March 11, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    http://lavitaboca.blogspot.com/2011/03/water.html

  38. Cathy on March 11, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    Ah I love science as along I don’t have to take a test on it! Enjoy

    http://www.thequietone.net/the_quiet_one/2011/03/a-science-poem-.html

  39. carolee on March 12, 2011 at 8:36 am

    i’ve got weather (again). that’s science, right?

    ah, i’m stretching it. my poems got weather, but nothing science-y.

    sorry i have been lax about reading. i am hoping to get in a better groove. finished my second week of full-time work (my first since 1999) and all i want to do is sleep. :)

    http://caroleesherwood.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/a-poem-from-my-early-morning-writing-date-with-mysef/

  40. Deb on March 12, 2011 at 11:16 am

    Here’s mine: Finding the Hidden, Exploring the Known. It’s about those “ghostly shapes of the Gamburtsevs.”

    And some other things.

    I got a little distracted following threads in the Antarctica.

    So glad you guys enjoyed the prompt! Will be reading you this weekend.

    xox

  41. Tumblewords on March 12, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    Great prompt and wonderful links! Thanks.

    http://firsttumblewords.blogspot.com/2011/03/heedless-for-big-tent-poetry.html

  42. Pat Cegan on March 12, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    Hi, first time here. Hope I am doing this correctly. hugs, pat

    http://patcegan.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/mystical-science/

    • Deb on March 12, 2011 at 5:08 pm

      Hi Pat! You’re in the right spot. Welcome to the Tent!

  43. Judy Roney on March 12, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    I think this qualifies.
    http://judyidliketosay.blogspot.com/2011/03/storm-surge.html

  44. Mike Patrick on March 12, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    Could not come up with a valid poem for science. Hope this is acceptable.
    http://thepoetsquill.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/big-tent-poetry-march-4/

  45. Michelle Hed on March 13, 2011 at 11:50 am

    Something old and something new….

    http://thepenlensandbrush.blogspot.com

  46. redchair on March 13, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    Prayer for Japan… 祈り

  47. Erin Davis on March 13, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    Oh, dear. I’m even later than usual, and my poem has very little to do with science, except for the fact that I truly am allergic to the sun.

    http://freckledwriter.blogspot.com/2011/03/appeal.html