If you are always looking for new poetry writing prompts, there's a new kid on the block, The Poetry Instigator. It's a blog, it's a forum, it's a poetry machine, I tell ye! They're completely mad over there. I think you'll love it. photo by shikoooooo via flickr
Category Archives: Writing
Open 48: Death and Shoes (Stolen from Linda Jacobs)
I like this writing exercise by Linda Jacobs so much that I’ve stolen it. Well, provided a link to it anyway. Check out her idea of writing about death and shoes on the blog, Totally Optional Prompts. I think it’s a keeper. If you give this one a try, let us know. And you getContinue reading “Open 48: Death and Shoes (Stolen from Linda Jacobs)”
New at Delirious Hem
This month Delirious Hem has launched a forum on feminism. Some of the most exciting female poets I know are digging into the question: What does a feminist [poet] look like? They are adding to the conversation all month long. Want to join in?
NaPoWriMo: Are You In?
I am! I'm taking a break from blogging for the month of April to focus on my poetry. While I'm away, feel free to follow me on: my NaPoWriMo poetry blog twitter facebook I will still sponsor the 2nd annual Blog Reader Appreciation Day on April 16th. More on that event coming soon.
50 Days of PoetryPolitic
For the last weeks of the U.S. election madness, Wave Books rolls out a 50 day blog, PoetryPolitic. Here's the official announcement: From September 15th through November 4th, PoetryPolitic will be offering a spectrum of critical and imaginative thinking, through poems, audio and video recordings, essays, interviews and manifestos, by which we — as citizensContinue reading “50 Days of PoetryPolitic”
Blackouts Can Be Fun
Austin-based cartoonist Austin Kleon has a lot of ideas about newspaper blackout poems on his blog. He’s even gotten a book deal from Harper Collins. Get your Sharpies ready.
NaPoWriMo 2008 – Check In
NaPoWriMo is 2/3 through. How’s the month of poems going for you? So far I’ve only missed one day, the day I did the taxes. That seems reasonable, somehow. At first I thought everything I wrote was dreck, but lately I sense the outline of a poem in several of the drafts. That what draftsContinue reading “NaPoWriMo 2008 – Check In”
NaPoWriMo 2008
Are you in? Who’s up for writing a poem a day during the month of April? NaPoWriMo officially begins tomorrow, on April Fool’s day, naturally. This underground event was launched five years ago by poet and blogger Maureen Thorsen. Here’s her recent reflection about the evolution of the project. At this point, it is evenContinue reading “NaPoWriMo 2008”
Just Another Moleskine Monday
moleskinerie turns two Originally uploaded by R.bean to Flickr Here’s a wonderful collage celebrating the 2nd birthday of Moleskinerie. It has occurred to me in a waking dream that perhaps Big Window wants to become Moleskinerie when it grows up. Time will tell.
More Moleskine
Uploaded to Flickr by Occam`s razor Why not say the obvious? I’m obsessed with notebooks.
Moleskine
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } moleskine page, originally uploaded by girlhula. I love notebooks. My friends told me I missed the AWP panel where Charles Simic talked about his.
The New EOAGH
You can check out the latest edition of EOAGH: A Journal of the Arts online now. The journal is edited by Tim Peterson. One of my poems is published in this issue. The table of contents includes: Language Poetry and The Body: A Panel by Maria Damon, Steve Benson, Leslie Scalapino, and Bruce Andrews ORDEREDContinue reading “The New EOAGH”
Womb
Check out the great new issue of WOMB. It’s online and at your ready. The writers/artists featured in this issue are: Kelli Russell Agodon Nicole Cooley Kate Greenstreet Luisa A. Igloria Eve Rifkah Jennifer Karmin Nicki Hastie Raina León Alexis Pauline Gumbs Arlene Biala Nava Fader C Mehrl Bennett Laura Goldstein Jill Alexander Essbaum KristenContinue reading “Womb”
Mo on NaPoWriMo
Apparently NaPoWriMo has not one but two logos? Which one do you prefer? I like this one by Maureen. It has an exquisite corpse quality to it that appeals to me. For the month of April, I’ve decided to give this poem-a-day challenge a try. Instead of posting the poems here, however, I’m going theContinue reading “Mo on NaPoWriMo”
NaPoWriMo 2007
Every poet knows that April is the cruelest month and that fact alone makes it the perfect time for National Poetry Writing Month or NaPoWriMo 2007. This year there’s even a logo for it. All that is required of you, dear poet, is one poem a day. Are you in?
