Dave Bonta, Big Tent Poetry Sideshow Barker Despite the lack of “scruffy poetry bloggers” on the panel of consultants that helped develop the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Poetry, Dave Bonta indicates that, as a first step, he likes most of the conclusions in the document. He was “especially cheered by...
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This week’s prompt Aha! A Wordle! Pick any number of words (yes, from one to all) and write yourself a poem! Come back starting Friday and through the weekend to post your poems! These came from an ad flier in the Sunday newspaper. How prompts work under the Big Tent We post prompts on...
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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 – did you change your point of view? — 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...
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This week’s prompt Your normal point of view: Let’s change it up this week, shall we? This week dig up a portrait photograph – in your home, computer, or on the web – of someone you know or someone you don’t. The photo cannot be one that you took. The strategy this week is that the...
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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 – something about food — 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...
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This week’s prompt When I was teaching an elementary poetry class a few years ago, the topic was food. I brought in all kinds of food for the kids to try and write about. We wrote poems about fruit, mostly, because I knew it was something they would like. Lovely, inspired poems about oranges,...
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