This week’s prompt Poets need to mix things up a bit, don’t we? Sometimes we do this by simply writing an altogether new & fresh poem. (What a wonderful gift from the muse that is!) But sometimes we have to take matters in our own hands (as when that silly muse has missed a...
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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 — stuck, stranded or otherwise trapped— 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....
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Announcing a new resource for you! It’s a Poetry Toys page! Just in time for poetry month, in case you need a little extra-extra help. Or just in time for anytime.  (When can’t we poets use  a fresh way of looking at words?) That’s right. It’s a list of online tools that might be useful...
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As we mentioned a few week’s ago, occasionally (as in an unknown random pattern) we are going to point out Big Tent Poetry friends and participant’s blog posts that discuss what poetry books or chapbooks they have read. Carolee read Blameless Mouth by Jessica Fox-Wilson recently as a part of a virtual blog tour and writes...
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This week’s prompt I may have mentioned once or twice (or 500 times!) that I was stranded in Chicago last month. A 2-hour layover turned into an overnight stay. Fortunately, I used the time to write up some prompts for Big Tent Poetry. (I also did a fair amount of whining and fretting, which...
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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 — 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...
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