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Our first full week back from hiatus (Mon., 5/27, - Sat., 6/1) will be a multi-Hosted week focusing in depth on the poetry of Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Please comment on this post if you would like to participate - you are equally welcome to claim a specific day to Host yourself, or to look for collaborators to co-Host a day as group. Specific days are available on a first-come, first-served basis; specific poems can be the focus of multiple days.

What kind of content might you post? We welcome content in any medium that translates, transforms, or otherwise revitalizes how someone might (re)visit one or more of Dr. Seuss' poems. Feel free to browse the tags of previous multi-Hosted weeks, such as Poetry Complements and One Poem In Depth - Julia Stein's "Downtown Women" for ideas, or ask the admins directly - we're happy to help.

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Posted 5/16/13 by jjhunter

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jjhunter is hosting another round of How Are You? (in Haiku) today.

Pick a thing or two that sums up how you're doing today, this week, in general, and tell me about it in the 5-7-5 syllables of a haiku. I will leave anonymous comments screened unless otherwise asked; feel free to use this to leave private comments if that's what you're most comfortable with.

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Are you a member of poetree? If you plan on hosting an online poetry event of some kind, please let the admins know by PM or mention in the weekly Sunday Picnic post, and we will post a short advertisement on your behalf to the comm.

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Comm member

ysabetwordsmith is hosting her monthly crowdfunded Poetry Fishbowl today. All are welcome to leave prompts related to this round's theme of 'homonyms, puns, and wordplay'.

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Are you a member of poetree? If you plan on hosting an online poetry event of some kind, please let the admins know by PM or mention in the weekly Sunday Picnic post, and we will post a short advertisement on your behalf to the comm.

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Sunday, every Sunday, let's have a community picnic. It's probably been a long week, and it's lovely to have a few minutes to sit back and relax and enjoy some good conversation in a less formal space. Feel free to bring something for the Picnic Basket - a poem you liked this week, a thought you had or something you experienced, or even something completely unrelated to poetry whatsoever that you just feel like sharing. Just take a moment to say hello, and maybe have a bite to eat; no one is going anywhere fast, and the shade promises some relief from the everyday heat. Let’s get to know each other a bit better, here under the branches of the poet’s tree.

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A few important announcements:

poetree will continue on semi-hiatus until Sunday, May 19th: comm admins

alee_grrl and

jjhunter will continue to post the weekly Sunday Picnics and any requested advertisements for member events, but scheduled weekly content will be suspended until late May.

Volunteers are welcome and encouraged to sign up to Host in advance of May 19th: please see the current signup post for more details.

Congratulations again to raze for winning challenge #31: you can read the winning poem, 'Family Man' at hir journal.

Questions, comments, observations, or lamentations? Please don't hesitate to let us know in the comments to this post.

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Previous signups: #1, #2, #3.

ATTN: weekly Hosting will resume Monday, June 3rd on a first-come, first-served basis; signups are welcome and encouraged in advance of that date

Guidelines below are loosely modeled after those of the comm

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What does it mean to be a Poetry Host at POETREE?

The weekly Poetry Host is responsible for posting at least three poems spread throughout the week as well as an optional meta post or question for the audience. Poetry Hosts run the gamut from poets (amateur & professional) to poetry enthusiasts, and from community members to guests from outside of Dreamwidth. All are welcome.( Read more... )
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For our next multi-Hosted week we will use Dana Gioia's 1992 essay Can Poetry Matter? as a touchstone for exploring big questions about what significance poetry currently has today and what it can offer in a world of rapid social and technological change. Twenty years later, do Gioia's observations hold true for poetry in the United States? What about other countries, other traditions?

Ideally we would like to have one post a day from Monday, Feb. 25th through Saturday, Mar. 2nd. Though this round's theme lends itself to essays, Hosts are also welcome to post in other (or multiple) formats such as original poetry or dialogues. As a general courtesy, please remember to include transcripts for any audio or video, and English translations for spoken or written quotations in other languages.

If you would like to participate, please comment on this post with your preferred day to Host and roughly what you think you'll focus on. Assignment of days will be on a first come, first served basis; this post will be edited as slots fill up to show which days are still available. Participation is not limited to current comm members or even Dreamwidth members - please contact the admins at poetree.at.dreamwidth [at] gmail if you will need someone to post on your behalf. More than one person can collaborate on a particular post if some wish to sign up as a group.

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As the new year opens, so too does

poetree: our next multi-Hosted week will focus on the theme of "cycles".

Ideally we will have one post a day from Monday, December 31st to Saturday, January 5th featuring poetry or discussion of poetry that explores, explicates, and/or elaborates on something cyclic. Whether seasonal or historical, biological or behavioral, tangible or metaphorical, as long as there's a repeating pattern at work it's fair game to claim.

If you are interested in Hosting one of the days, please comment on this post with your planned subject to claim an open slot; particular days are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Groups of two or more people are welcome to collaborate on Hosting a day together.

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Last updated 1/2/2013 by jjhunter

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The deadline for both challenges are being extended until the end of tomorrow (Monday, Nov. 12th), to take advantage of the US holiday. Please see the original post for more details - we would especially like to encourage participation in the reader's challenge, though entries for either are welcome.

For Readers:
Challenge #28: Write a review of one of the poems posted under the serial poetry tag. Entry needs to be between 1 and 3 paragraphs and should reference how that particular poem fits into or informs the broader picture of the overall series.

Since both challenges are more involved than usual, remember that the prizes for both are more significant - 50 dreamwidth points (the equivalent of close to two months' paid time), 3 icons, or one (1) 15+ line poem continuing the series of the winner's choice. Icons or poem will be created by one of the admins.

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Since today is an open slot on our These Hallowed Days week, the admins are opening it up for trick or treating, poetry-style. If you start a new comment thread on this post with the subject line 'trick or treat: [your prompt]', the POETREE community is invited to write and reply to that thread with haiku inspired by your prompt that fits the category of 'trick' or 'treat'. We hope you enjoy exchanging haiku!

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I'm temporarily turning on text-based CAPTCHA for anonymous commentators again to send the spammers packing. This post will self-destruct when the admins deem the attack to be over. (Any comment with a long string of unbroken gibberish in the subject line is characteristic of spammer opening tactics and will be treated as such.)

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This week comm admins

alee_grrl and

jjhunter have been sharing some of our favorite aspects of

poetree from its first year. From the underlying art and metaphor of POETREE to the evolution of the Sunday Picnic and Climbing the Poet's Tree Comm Challenges, we've come a long way from the community's origins.

Now it's your turn: what's been memorable for you about

poetree's first year? How did you first discover the comm, and why did you stay? Do you have any particular favorite posts or weeks that you'd like to share? Let's celebrate

poetree and the people who make it a community in the comments.

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There are many different celebrations and observances that happen on the last day of October and the first day of November, almost all of which focus on the thinning of veil between the world of the dead and the world of the living. Halloween, All Saint's Eve/Day, All Hallows Eve/Day, Samhain, Día de los Muertos, these are just some of the names used to describe the end of October and the beginning of November.

For this multi-hosted week we would like to focus on poetry celebrating these two days. The posts do not have to be directly themed around the days, but should reflect some aspect that is usually associated with the days. In other words the poem could be about otherworldly creatures, communing with the dead, Devil's Night, etc.

Ideally we would like to have a post on each day from Monday, October 29 through Saturday, November 3. If you are interested in participating, please leave a comment on this post indicating what day(s) you might be available. Assignment of days will be on a first come, first served basis; this post will be edited as slots fill up to show which days are still available. Participation is not limited to current comm members or even Dreamwidth members - please contact the admins at poetree.at.dreamwidth [at] gmail if you will need someone to post on your behalf. More than one person can collaborate on a particular post if some wish to sign up as a group.

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Thank you everyone who participated in creating content or continuing the conversation in the comments this week! Your challenge now is this: at some point today, please go reread the original poem posted to the comm here, and then come back and comment on this post regarding whether any of the other posts this week (i.e. Tuesday - Friday) enhanced, changed, or challenged your original interpretation/experience of the poem. General feedback is good, but specific feedback is even better.

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Reprinted from Calling Home: Working-Class Women's Writings, Janet Zandy ed., p. 103, by permission of Ms. Stein. See bottom of post for additional context she wished included.
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Downtown Women
Julia Stein

I come from Bessie Abramowitz,
                   the Russian Jewish factory girl;
                   not Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
                   the Wasp judge's daughter;
           from the shtetl in Russia,
                   when the matchmaker
                   came to make a marriage for me
                   after marrying off my four older sisters
                   I said, "Not on your life,"
                   and came over the sea to America.

I come from downtown women,
                   not uptown ladies.

I come from sewing buttons on pants in the sweatshop,
                   piecework rates,
                   complaining to the boss,
                   getting blacklisted;
                   and when the uptown ladies came downtown
                   with their charity baskets,
                   I threw their baskets at them,
                   told them, "Go to hell,"
            and  I came back to get another shit job
                   under a phony name.

I come from downtown women,
                   not uptown ladies.

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Julia Stein edited the just published book Every Day is an Act of Resistance: Selected Poems of Carol Tarlen by the brilliant S.F. working class poet Carol Tarlen who died in 2004. Stein also edited the Walking Through a River of Fire: 100 Years of Triangle Fire Poetry. Previously she has published four books of poetry: Under the Ladder to Heaven, Desert Soldiers, Shulamith, and Walker Woman. Her fifth book of poetry What Were They Like? Poems on the Iraq and Afghan Wars will be published February, 2013. Stein’s grandmother worked in a garment sweatshop and her great-aunt was an union organizer of garment and cafeteria workers.

For more information regarding the Carol Tarlen book Ms. Stein edited, check out the publisher's press release: Mongrel Empire Press Announces Every Day is An Act of Resistance by Carol Tarlen.

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POETREE is a Dreamwidth-based community for sharing and discussing poetry. Each week the admins select a Poetry Host whose job it is to share at least three poems and one optional meta post or question for the audience. While Poetry Hosts are often poets sharing their own work, poems in the free domain or those posted with permission of the author are also welcome, and non-poets have Hosted wonderful themed weeks in the past.

If you are interested in Hosting a week, feel free to leave a comment indicating your interest at the current signup post & to take a look at the Recommended Posting Format page. You do not have to be a Dreamwidth member in order to Host a week, and non-Dreamwidth members can participate in discussion through OpenID or anonymous comments.

Roughly once a month the admin also declares a multi-Hosted or open themed week delving into a particular aspect of poetry or poetry culture. For more information, please see the themed weeks master post.

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Last updated: 5/16/2013 by jjhunter

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Previous signups: #1, #2.

Guidelines below are loosely modeled after those of the comm

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poetree usually features several poems each week chosen by the weekly Poetry Host. For this multi-Hosted themed week, we will explore in depth one poem: Julia Stein's "Downtown Women".

Ideally we will have one post each day from Monday, Sept. 10th through Saturday, Sept. 15th, that enhances, changes, or challenges how a reader might approach rereading the original poem. One might sign up to provide an overview of the poem's historical context and offer references for further reading; to translate the poem (literal, as in translating from English to another language, or metaphorical, as in 'translating' from the medium of written poetry to a different medium such as audio performance or visual art); to write a new poem that remixes or responds to the original; or do something else that fits the week's overall theme.

If you are interested in participating, please leave a comment on this post indicating what day(s) you might be available & what type of content (e.g. literal translation, remix poem, historical context, etc.) you think you'd like to post. Assignment of days will be on a first come, first served basis; this post will be edited as slots fill up to show which days are still available. Participation is not limited to current comm members or even Dreamwidth members - please contact the admins at poetree.at.dreamwidth [at] gmail if you will need someone to post on your behalf. More than one person can collaborate on a particular post if some wish to sign up as a group. Finally, we strongly recommend preparing your content in advance of Monday, Sept. 10th.

( Signup Slots: Monday - Saturday )

N.B. that comm challenges #21 and 22 are thematically related to this week; check out their announcement post for details.

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