Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Call for Prompts

We're making a call for a new round of prompts. Please have a look at the list to the right and see what we've done so far. Leave you suggestion as a comment on this post with a link back to the blog where you post your poetry.

Thanks, all, for your continued interest and cooperation!
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24 comments:

  1. sgreerpittFebruary 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    There's a phrase used by Annie Dillard that has always struck me as evocative: "live water"

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  2. Wayfaring WandererFebruary 3, 2009 at 11:16 PM

    My "one word" for the month is hope. That would be my suggestion :o)

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  3. JeevesFebruary 3, 2009 at 11:23 PM

    Placid waters. How about the prompt word :)

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  4. HeatherFebruary 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM

    I run a photgraphic group..this weeks theme was Texture...the word Tactile would work too, I also love the words:
    Worn
    Tangled
    Disordered
    Broken

    http://aslowread.blogspot.com/

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  5. Alana Noel VothFebruary 4, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    "What It's Like" poems. Inspired by the poem "What It's Like to Be A Black Girl, For Those of You Who Aren't" by Patricia Smith.

    I used to give this prompt to writing students. Idea is, the poet fills in the blank with something personal to them, so opportunities are limitless.

    I had students write "What It's Like to Be An Atheist." "What It's Like to Be An Alcoholic." "What It's Like to Be A Slacker." "What It's Like to Be An Insomniac." "What It's Like to be A Misogynist." "What It's Like to Be A Sorority Girl." "What It's Like to Be A Faggot." Limitless.

    I wrote my own here, if you're interested.

    http://afterthepole.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-its-like-to-be-single-mother.html

    Good luck with the prompts!

    Peace,
    A

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  6. Kilauea PoetryFebruary 4, 2009 at 9:00 PM

    I can't believe Noah the Great left that comment..snicker snicker
    I would say something tollerant in behalf of valentines day!! Heh Heh.
    Of course..I hope we don't have come up with an essay? If we do, I'm going to blame Noah! I say hey hey for Valentines Day! Ok: Long suffering, (Our Myna birds here stick together for life? Maybe the beautiful Cardinals too. Uh, patience...not peace..though I know how to be peaceful? Hopeful is good..

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2009 at 9:04 PM

    Whats it like to be a pole?

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  8. Amias (ljm and liquidplastic)February 4, 2009 at 9:06 PM

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  9. UnknownFebruary 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM

    I can't believe you have exploded all of my words. I worked so hard.

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2009 at 11:54 AM

    assimilation

    dropped

    key/s

    reaction

    zephyr

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  11. lissaFebruary 5, 2009 at 9:18 PM

    I like "Blue Rain" which I wrote a poem of - http://www.justwritingwords.com/2009/01/blue-rain.html

    but it's also a Roy Orbison song - Blue Rain (Coming Down) - I find this out after I wrote the poem

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  12. Beth P.February 6, 2009 at 3:50 AM

    How about these for prompts:

    the stranger
    birdfeeder
    lock
    tea
    room and board
    resistance
    outcome
    exchange

    Thanks for this site, y'all--

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  13. JimFebruary 7, 2009 at 12:35 AM

    I'm thinking and don't come up with much yet.

    Could one be

    'Thinking'
    ?

    or

    'Thoughts'
    ?

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  14. Quiet PathsFebruary 7, 2009 at 12:12 PM

    I like Sue's 'Live water' suggestion.

    How about "inner noise"

    or "the song inside"

    and, I think we should do "windows" again...

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  15. Sherri B.February 7, 2009 at 4:14 PM

    These are what came to mind for me:

    ocean
    fog
    blue (color or emotion!)
    walls

    I always love participating in this weekly prompt! Thanks to everyone involved. :~)

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  16. MyBellaviaFebruary 7, 2009 at 4:19 PM

    How about 'thirst'. It has so many possibilities.

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  17. floretaFebruary 7, 2009 at 7:19 PM

    how about "red" or just "colors" (and you can pick a color or colors)

    seeing
    denouement

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  18. Bruce MillerFebruary 7, 2009 at 11:37 PM

    "copse" always reminds me of Pooh:

    So Winnie-the-Pooh went off to find Eeyore's tail.

    It was a fine spring morning in the forest as he started out. Little soft clouds played happily in a blue sky, skipping from time to time in front of the sun as if they had come to put it out, and then sliding away suddenly so that the next might have his turn.

    Through them and between them the sun shone bravely, and a copse which had worn its firs all the year round seemed old and dowdy now beside the new green lace which the beeches had put on so prettily.

    Through copse and spinney marched Bear; down open slopes of gorse and heather, over rocky beds of streams, up steep banks of sandstone into the heather again; and so at last, tired and hungry, to the Hundred Acre Wood. For it was in the Hundred Acre Wood that Owl lived.

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  19. sgreerpittFebruary 8, 2009 at 11:53 AM

    I like Quiet Paths and Fledgling Poets suggestions -- although I think we did "walls" fairly recently -- but I could be wrong.

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  20. Geraldine February 8, 2009 at 1:15 PM

    Here's a few that come to mind:

    fragrance

    black and white

    romance

    horizon

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  21. UnknownFebruary 10, 2009 at 7:39 AM

    allow

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  22. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2009 at 5:49 PM

    Here's a few of my suggestions:

    journeys
    intersections
    tangents
    days ahead

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  23. LaurielucFebruary 17, 2009 at 9:09 AM

    What about "Listen" as a prompt?

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  24. Nancy Bea MillerMarch 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    presence

    unseen

    elusive

    aroma

    digging

    planting

    running

    embracing

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