Sunday Picnic with Grilled Peaches & Puns

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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

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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.

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.

Re: weekly roundup thread - general poetry news

[jjhunter]

I thought this was pretty neat: Gwendolyn Brooks Gets Her Own Day

Gwendolyn Brooks was a National Treasure whose rewards during her lifetime never matched her deserts. She was the first African American to win the Pulitzer, the first black woman to be Library of Congress Consultant Poet (which is what we called our American laureates before we actually named them Poet Laureate)...

The first annual BROOKSDAY was this Friday just past, i.e. June 7th.

Re: weekly roundup thread - general poetry news

[zirconium]

LOVE. Thanks so much for highlighting this!

weekly roundup thread - Spotlight

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We're putting the spotlight in your hands. What caught your eye in this or last week's posts and comments? Shine a light on it and share it with others. Quotes from outside the comm also welcome.

Upcoming Member Events

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Are you a member of poetree? If you plan on hosting an online poetry event of some kind this week, feel free to let the admins know by PM or commenting on this thread, and we will post a short advertisement on your behalf to the comm when the event goes live.

Comm Announcements

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Reminder to one and all that signups are open for the next community week: Emotional Intimacy. If you're interested in participating but not sure what you want to post about, why not mosey over to alee_grrl's timely post re: Thinking about Emotional Intimacy?

News from Comm Affiliates

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Reminder that Plunge is currently accepting short stories, poetry, and nonfiction focusing on queer women for the upcoming August issue with the theme of 'Chase(d)'. Submissions for this issue close TOMORROW, June 10th. See their submission guidelines for more details.

From the Archives

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alee_grrl

One of the features we've decided to add to the Sunday Picnic is a thread highlighting older posts. It can be a lot of fun to go back and revisit posts and threads, and for newer members this can be a fun way to explore the archives.

For today's highlight I've chosen this lovely post on Byron's She Walks in Beauty by lynnoconnacht. She includes a bit of trivia about the poem, and a link to a gorgeous musical adaptation.

Re: From the Archives

[infiniteandsmall]

I had to memorize that poem as part of my curriculum in school when I was little (I homeschooled using this "classical curriculum" which placed tons of emphasis on the importance of memorizing poems and saying them in front of various family members. I should be a genius by now. It was such a nice post, but I didn't listen to the music because I've had my own version lilting through my head for years and now that it's coming back I'm afraid to lose it.

Re: From the Archives

[alee_grrl]

I can understand not wanting to loose the music that you've created for it.

Poetry Fishbowl

[ysabetwordsmith]

My poetry fishbowl went well this week, with a theme of "sleep and dreams." I don't have the followup post written yet but the poems are posted:
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/tag/poem