I got immediate feedback that some prompts might be useful. So let’s give this a whirl. Our first prompt is this photo. Take a look. Think about it a bit. See where it takes you. Then write. Publish. Share.
(I’m using the tag npm2009 for these posts. Maybe you want to use it for your poems, too. Maybe not. It’s cool.)
12 responses so far ↓
Ed Webb // Apr 1st 2009 at 5:42 pm
The graveyard of words
Sucks me in, compulsively:
It is fertile ground
Ed Webbs last blog post..Twitter and all that
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Bud Hunt // Apr 1st 2009 at 5:55 pm
Delicious.
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Ben Grey // Apr 1st 2009 at 6:41 pm
For that which I will never.
In these books are pages I will never see,
with words that I will never read.
Places I will never go,
knowledge I will never know.
Seas I will never cross,
games of catch I will never toss.
Love I will never lose,
choices I will never choose.
Maidens I will never kiss,
the lost I will never miss.
Helpless I will never save,
cravings I will never crave.
Voids I will never feel,
Looks I will never steal.
Oh, with just a photo shown,
the seeds of never that are sown.
For in these books with pages I will never see,
are the words that I will never read.
Ben Greys last blog post..An Online Identity Crisis of Sorts
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Kelly Hines // Apr 1st 2009 at 7:44 pm
Up ahead, so fair and bright
Shining and inviting, it is a light.
But to reach this light up ahead,
There are walls of books that must be read.
Absorbing wisdom and will to lead,
Hungry minds and souls these books will feed.
And through the light into the world,
passion, knowledge and leadership will be unfurled.
Kelly Hiness last blog post..Cool Tools 6
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Meredith // Apr 1st 2009 at 7:59 pm
You said they smelled
And got in your way
You flipped
Don’t have a roof now
At least not my own
Up by the boot straps
Quit the job I hated
And the title you loved dropping at parties
East End Books needed a clerk
The books keep me company
But not warm
Merediths last blog post..National Poetry Month
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Dave Title // Apr 1st 2009 at 8:16 pm
Books books everywhere
and never the time to drink
Each shelf reminds me of what lies beyond me
and how it will remake me,
how it will retake me
how it will shake me
I await the each page as a tree
awaits a new leaf,
Without the leaf, the tree withers and dies
Without the page my soul cries out,
Both needing nourishment
Both caressing the light
The tree with quantum bundled energy
The soul with the light shining from the thousands who have drank before me and offer up their cups to me
I drink, slowly
the apple blossoms in bloom,
the fruit of knowledge
the fall that lies for all of us
the cold and frosty end to my days
Oh just give me the time
My soul awaits the journey
Dave Titles last blog post..Is Creation Science the Science It Claims To Be?
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» “Pages” - NPM 2009 Bud the Teacher // Apr 1st 2009 at 8:20 pm
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Kevin Hodgson // Apr 2nd 2009 at 3:46 am
The Empty Space Between the Aisles
I wonder about
the space between the aisles
and which books have been left aside
by the keepers of the words;
which tomes have been deemed
so unwieldy as to not even inhabit
the empty air,
for as much as I see the books,
I also see the possibilities.
– Kevin Hodgson
Podcasted Poem: http://www.box.net/shared/static/j9fra0h984.mp3
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Jen // Apr 2nd 2009 at 9:22 am
Soul Meet http://www.jentropy.com/archives/144
Jens last blog post..Zingo
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Sheri Edwards // Apr 2nd 2009 at 9:53 am
At Bubblr:
http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/?id=15330
Spring
Barren earth
Blossoms in bubbles
Of delicate dew
For butterfly blessings
Mother Earth to you.
sre
Should we also tweet ideas for A Poem in Your Pocket Day which is on 4/30 with the label #ppocket? I’ve started. Thanks
Sheri Edwardss last blog post..A Poem in Your Pocket
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National Poetry Month 2009 4.2 A Book « Fits & Fugues // Apr 2nd 2009 at 9:14 pm
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Poetry Month: Prompts « Madhotliteracy’s Weblog // Apr 3rd 2009 at 9:39 am
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