Sunday Picnic of Mouth-Watering Leftovers

[poetree_admin]

jjhunter

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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weekly roundup thread - member associated posts

[poetree_admin]

Have a poetry-related post or posts this week from your own journal/space that you'd like to share with the community? Comment on this thread with the link(s) and a brief description of you're linking to.

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[untonuggan]

I wrote my first poem after a looooong hiatus. Post is here.

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[alee_grrl]

Yay! It's a lovely poem too!

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[untonuggan]

Thank you!

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[spiralsheep]

1. Brief review of Autumn, by Patricia Beer, with two of Beer's poems:

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/418637.html

2. Brief review of Theories and Apparitions, by Mark Doty, on my journal (hint: I didn't enjoy it...):

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/419120.html

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[zirconium]

I just got home after three weeks on the road, which I'll blog about eventually, but am too scramble-headed to tackle at present. But I do want to share two glimpses of poetry I saw at Duke University Medical Center Thursday morning. In the library, there was a vintage poison control booklet:

From Duke

On a different note, this lovely Lucille Clifton poem was posted next to one of the elevators in one of the hospitals:

From Duke

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*sends around virtual cider and salted-caramel brownies to them who wants 'em*

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[untonuggan]

That Lucille Clifton poem is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing...

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[cadenzamuse]

I'm still trying to do daily poetry here: http://cadenzamuse.dreamwidth.org/tag/nablopomo

I'm particularly proud of the latest one, which turned itself sideways into a poem about people named Elizabeth.

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[alee_grrl]

So many lovely poems. I'm just now catching up on some of my reading. :) Elishiva was gorgeous, you have much to be proud of there. I also really loved the one from December 4 starting "In the Valley of Death's Shadow."

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[cadenzamuse]

Oh, thank you so much.

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[ariestess]

Wrote a series of 10 Once Upon a Time-related poems today. They're over here...

weekly roundup thread - general poetry news

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This is the thread for non-personal, i.e. 'general' poetry news. Submission deadlines for poetry-related 'zines, news re: poets from outside the comm, and so on.

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[alee_grrl]

Here's a fun article that came across my screen this week: Poetry Makes You Weird.

Comm Announcements

[poetree_admin]

Just a general heads up that the comm admins are bowing to the general holiday busyness, and keeping the comm on semi-hiatus (i.e. Sunday Picnic and announcements only) until the new year. Details forthcoming about the next multi-Hosted week theme and next set of comm challenges; in the meantime, enjoy the forthcoming holidays.