Sunday Picnic Under Silk Painted Parasols

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alee_grrl

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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Re: weekly roundup thread - member associated posts

[jjhunter]

Over on tumblr, elisabethhewer (yes, that elisabethhewer) is temporarily taking poetry commissions to raise funds. I commissioned her to play with her choice of these fantasy prompts, and am delighted with her fill for 'Behind the Scenes At Your Local Minion Temp Agency'.

There's only so many ways to kill time when all the evil masterminds
are fully staffed

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]

Last month Strange Horizons ran a special issue entirely devoted to speculative poetry. I cannot recommend the poetry editors' related 'Defining Speculative Poetry: A Conversation and Three Manifestos' essay highly enough — check it out!

Upcoming Member Events

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Comm Announcements

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alee_grrl
We are still operating in semi-hiatus mode at the moment. If you'd be interested in potentially hosting a week yourself, check out the current signup post. You are also welcome to PM or email the comm admins (poetree [dot] at [dot] dreamwidth [at] gmail [dot] com).

Our next community themed week has been pushed back a week and will now run from Monday, March 31 through Saturday, April 5. The topic will be on perceptions of time and a sign-up post will go up early this coming week. So please keep an eye out for that.

[alexseanchai]

SO CLOSE to being able to post my poems from class! Term ends Friday!

[alee_grrl]

Yay! :D

shakespearean Macklemore

[jjhunter]

Major kudos to reading-thoughts for their inspired rework of Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop' as 'Thrift Shoppe':

These tags I’ll pop, and boast in rhyming verse
that what I wear puts swagger in my gait;
though twenty shillings have I in my purse,
my self-esteem and manhood both inflate
when lofty furs I purchase for a cent.
Thy grandpa’s clothes are worthy salvage, though
they smell a trifle musty. Still, I spent
much less to dress myself from head to toe.

To save or not to save? The question’s moot.
I’ll never give my coin to high-street crooks.
These dusty shelves will yield their hidden loot
to those, like me, more frugal in their looks.
Like ancient coins washed up on distant shores,
I’ll find my treasures in these thrifty stores.

News From Comm Affiliates

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poetry is running an open-posting themed week this week on the subject of 'insomnia'. Details here; hope you'll consider contributing!

Round 3 of pt_lightning is still in progress. If you are part of one of the teams participating, please feel encouraged to check in re: how things are going by replying to this thread.