Sunday Picnic under the fir tree

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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 Round-up 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.

Re: Weekly Round-up Thread - Member Associated Posts

[alee_grrl]

I posted a recording of me reading my poem "Skyfall." Text of the poem can be found here.

Re: Weekly Round-up Thread - Member Associated Posts

[spiralsheep]

I posted Coastline by Elaine Feinstein after someone noted I hadn't included any of her work with my previous short review:

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/416356.html

I posted a brief review (not good) of The Lost Notebook, by Jennie Feldman:

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/416761.html

During November I had set myself a target of writing a poem every day. I didn't achieve this but I did write over 40 poems during the month. \o/

Re: Weekly Round-up Thread - Member Associated Posts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I claimed a darkfantasybingo card. I also made some suggestions about size of poetry fills to the fest moderators.

"Take These Wings" by catsittingstill now has lyrics with musical notation, and MP3. This was inspired by my Fledgling Grace poetry series.

My poem "LOL_ALIENS" just got nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

John W. Sexton also writes speculative serial poetry. Cool.

My next Poetry Fishbowl is on Tuesday, Dec. 4 with a theme of "games and toys." Come give me prompts and enjoy the free poetry.

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.

Comm Announcements

[poetree_admin]

Sorry for the bit of a hiatus lately. jjhunter has recently lost a dear friend, and alee_grrl is a bit overwhelmed with school and health issues. We will be working to get the comm back on track shortly. Thank you all for your patience.

[primeideal]

Wrote a poem today but it's extremely RL-dependent so probably won't be posting on the web. Oh well, nice to get back into the swing of things.

[bubbleblower]

I too just finished a first draft of a poem that may never see the light of the vanilla world. It's based on some sexual fantasies that seem to be quite unusual (searching on FetLife didn't turn up much of anything relevant) and will probably need a few paragraphs of background.

I'm planning on putting it (along with the background and maybe some other poems I may write in that same universe (thus sharing the same background)) up on FetLife, so it will hopefully find something of an audience.