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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 about it at her blog, Carolee Sherwood.
James Bush also participated in the same Blameless Mouth tour, but wrote about a different aspect of the collection at Coyote Mercury.
Juliet Wilson, AKA Craft Green Poet, recently reviewed Jackie Kay’s new book Fiere for Brighton Blogger’s Book After Book. She also reviewed Mark Doty’s My Alexandria at her Over Forty Shades blog.
Madeleine Begun Kane says her post and haiku about Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden Of Verses isn’t exactly a review. It’s more of a recollection of a strong childhood memory and influence: A Childhood Shadow.
Deb Scott read a collective book from four New Zealand poets, including one whose blog you may read, Catherine Flichett. Find Deb’s thoughts at Stoney Moss and consider buying Flap: The Chook Book 2. All proceeds go to New Zealand earthquake relief efforts.

Have you posted about a poetry collection you’re reading? It doesn’t have to be a full-fledged or formal review. Email a link to your post to info@bigtentpoetry.org, or leave it in the comments. We’ll gather up your links and every few weeks or so (not on any particular schedule — remember how laid back we are around here?) plop them into a Big Tent post. We think it will be fun to hear your voices not just in your own poems but in how you react to the poetry of others!

It just so happens that your ringmasters — Carolee, Deb and Jill — read quite a bit of poetry. And we bet you to, too.

Since we have a “reviews” heading under the Big Top, why not point you in the direction of recent blog posts from community members about books?

We’ll start it off:

Carolee read  Rough Honey by Melissa Stein recently and has a few words (and some representative lines) at her blog, Carolee Sherwood.
Deb read Blameless Mouth by Jessica Fox-Wilson and is stop number two on a virtual blog tour. She shares bits of poems, links to some found online, and provides a Q&A on the question of personal/persona poetry.

Have you posted about a poetry collection you’re reading? It doesn’t have to be a full-fledged or formal review. Email a link to your post to info@bigtentpoetry.org. We’ll gather up your links and every week or so (not on any particular schedule — remember how laid back we are around here?) plop them into a Big Tent post. We think it will be fun to hear your voices not just in your own poems but in how you react to the poetry of others!

This week’s prompt

Got the blues? I do. And I can’t stop whining about it. Winter has me down, baby. Really down. Are you blue about anything? It doesn’t have to be winter (some of you live where it’s summer now). It can be anything.

Think about what’s getting you down. But not for too long! This week, we are going to cheer ourselves up. We are going to cure ourselves of the winter blues or cabin fever or heartache. That’s right! We are going to use poetry to cure ourselves (at least temporarily).

If you are tired of cold weather, write a poem about the joy and gift of summer. If you are moping around about lost love, write a poem about true love or hot dates (which may be the same thing, but they don’t have to be!). If you need a job, write as though you have one. If you need money, allow yourself to win the lottery in your poem. Got a problem? Write the cure as though it’s already happened.

Come back on Friday with your poems of delight and relief!

How prompts work under the Big Tent

We post prompts on Mondays, and you have all week to write your poems, based on our fabulous prompt or any other inspiration. Come back on Friday when you will find a “Come One, Come All” post where you can use the comments section to 1) leave a link to your poem or 2) leave the poem in its entirety.

You’ll have all day Friday (and 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 with RSS reader, if you use one. Here’s the address: https://bigtentpoetry.org/comments/feed.

Hint: If you are new to our site, your comment(s) will be held for moderation for your first few posts. If you put more than one link in your comment, your comment(s) will be held for moderation. 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.