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Tweet Speak Sonnets

14 Comments 30 May 2010

Two sonnets written during our "crowd-sourced sonnet" game.

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Barbie Poems, poetry

The Barbie Poems 1

7 Comments 28 May 2010

Tuesday’s poetry jam on Twitter was designed to be a celebration of the launch of Marcus Goodyear’s new book of poems, Barbies at Communion: and other poems. A celebration it certainly was. We had a record number of participants – 21 in all at various points in the hour-long jam. Even Papa Goodyear, Marcus’ dad, [...]

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Partying with the Barbies

12 Comments 26 May 2010

We had our poetry jam on Twitter last night, and this time we did a kind of “event” around Marcus Goodyear’s newly published collection, Barbies at Communion: and other poems. So, yes, it was a Barbie-themed party, and it was wild. For the last three poetry jams, we’ve been featuring a new “tool” or Twitter [...]

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We’re Giving Away Barbies

25 Comments 24 May 2010

One day, Marcus Goodyear was sitting at Communion, and his daughter was playing with Barbies. That moment turned into the marvelous poem "Barbies at Communion."

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Poems of Complication 4

6 Comments 19 May 2010

The final eight poems from last week’s poetry jam on Twitter are below. Poems of Complication 4 By @mdgoodyear, @llbarkat, @PoemsPrayers, @mxings, @togetherforgood, @cascheller, @mmerubies, @MonicaSharman, @DancinButterfly, @thegypsymama, @TchrEric and @KathleenOverby. Not to mention @shrinkingcamel. Edited by @glynn_poet. Tattooed Tears My tears are tattooed to me; I wear them well, flex for all to see [...]

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Poems of Complication 3

6 Comments 18 May 2010

Below are seven additional poems based on the tweets from last Tuesday’s poetry jam on Twitter. Poems of Complication 3 By @mdgoodyear, @llbarkat, @PoemsPrayers, @mxings, @togetherforgood, @cascheller, @mmerubies, @MonicaSharman, @DancinButterfly, @thegypsymama, @TchrEric and @KathleenOverby. Not to mention @shrinkingcamel. Edited by @glynn_poet. The Moon Goodess and the Man in the Moon It shall be a game [...]

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Poems of Complication 2

4 Comments 16 May 2010

Following are eight poems from last Tuesday’s poetry jam on twitter, ranging from plainness and fresh strawberries to a celebration of punctuation. Poems of Complication 2 By @mdgoodyear, @llbarkat, @PoemsPrayers, @mxings, @togetherforgood, @cascheller, @mmerubies, @MonicaSharman, @DancinButterfly, @thegypsymama, @TchrEric and @KathleenOverby. Not to mention @shrinkingcamel. Edited by @glynn_poet. Plainness I saw two plain women today. One [...]

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Poems of Complication 1

5 Comments 14 May 2010

Below are the first group of poems coming from our poetry jam on Twitter this past Tuesday. The prompts, courtesy of @mdgoodyear, came from lines from the following: “The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket” by Robert Lowell; “Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley; “Ode to the Confederate Dead” by Allen Tate; “Ode on [...]

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Prelude to a Poetic Jam

3 Comments 12 May 2010

It always takes a few moments for participants in our poetry jams to collect themselves, eat the last of dinner, calm down, and generally settle themselves as they prepare to jam. Tuesday’s poetry jam was no different, except an errant camel named Bradley, having imbibed a certain volume of wine at dinner, wandered on to [...]

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The Songs of King Tut 4

3 Comments 05 May 2010

I consider breaking this into two posts but the last poems from Thursday’s poetry jam on Twitter turned out to be so short that I decided to keep all of them together. This concludes the poems that resulted from the jam. The Songs of King Tut 4 By @llbarkat, @PoemsPrayers, @mmerubies, @KathleenOverby, @MonicaSharman, @togetherforgood, @mxings, [...]

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The Songs of King Tut 3

4 Comments 04 May 2010

Poetry jams can take odd twists and turns, which is part of the fun on participating. You’re moving and posting down one stream of thought, and then an almost alien idea enters the conversation and away everyone goes. We’ve been talking (offline, in real telephone conversations) about some of what was learned Thursday with the [...]

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