It's February's 4th Thursday, and here in blogland, that means send in your poems! Your patchwork poems, that is.
From now until next Thursday, March 6, you are invited to place links to your newly created patchwork poems. Please be sure to credit your many muses! In other words, please let us know the names of the poets whose work you used. And, while you're at it, tell us a little bit about your process. How did you piece together the lines? Cut them all up, put them in a hat and pull one line out at a time? Highlight your favorite lines? Ask your cat for help? Let us know!
Next Thursday, we will again post links to poems of our own that we offer up as fodder for new patchwork poems. Try to get your poem in by Tuesday at the latest so people have time to gather poems and work!
If you would like to be listed as a member of patchwork poetry, email me at jillypoet@verizon.net! If you've already told me you'd like to be on the list and you're not, remind me! A gentle nudge never hurts.
Thanks for poeming with me!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
gather ye poems
Hello, hello everyone! It's Thursday. Time to pony up your poems! If you would like to participate in next week's patchwork poetry party, simply provide a link to one of your own poems in this post's comments section.
Last week we had a lively discussion of patchwork poetry, writing exercises, and the like. If you missed it, check it out in the previous post's comments.
As a reminder, I started this blog to experiment with the patchwork poem, or cento--a poem created by weaving together the lines of other poets' poems. That is, whole lines, not pieces, fragments, or phrases. While that method is perfectly fine as inspiration, I use it myself, it is not my aim here at patchwork poetry. I don't mean to offend or turn anyone away, but I am really interested in seeing what happens when we all do basically the same thing with other people's poems. A tense change or modifier dropped is ok, but, for the purposes of patchwork poetry, let's stick to whole lines. Thanks!
Ahem, here's the "copyright" mumbo jumbo...By leaving a link, you agree to allow our collective of poets use your lines in a brand new poem. One time rights, of course. And the patchwork poetry collective, a groovy bunch of like-minded souls in pursuit of the perfect word, do hereby promise on pain of left & right hand removal, to never publish or pass of as wholly their own, the poems created from other people's poems. In other words, please remember to credit your muses!
Next week, stop by and post a link to your newly created patchwork poem. Happy poem-ing!
Last week we had a lively discussion of patchwork poetry, writing exercises, and the like. If you missed it, check it out in the previous post's comments.
As a reminder, I started this blog to experiment with the patchwork poem, or cento--a poem created by weaving together the lines of other poets' poems. That is, whole lines, not pieces, fragments, or phrases. While that method is perfectly fine as inspiration, I use it myself, it is not my aim here at patchwork poetry. I don't mean to offend or turn anyone away, but I am really interested in seeing what happens when we all do basically the same thing with other people's poems. A tense change or modifier dropped is ok, but, for the purposes of patchwork poetry, let's stick to whole lines. Thanks!
Ahem, here's the "copyright" mumbo jumbo...By leaving a link, you agree to allow our collective of poets use your lines in a brand new poem. One time rights, of course. And the patchwork poetry collective, a groovy bunch of like-minded souls in pursuit of the perfect word, do hereby promise on pain of left & right hand removal, to never publish or pass of as wholly their own, the poems created from other people's poems. In other words, please remember to credit your muses!
Next week, stop by and post a link to your newly created patchwork poem. Happy poem-ing!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
second thursday...let's see what you've patched together!
Normally, we will have a week to play with other people's poems (THAT did not sound good...). However, since I was so excited about the new blog (thank you, thank you, thank you to polkadot witch for her help with my way cool banner!), I got a little carried away and off schedule. So, today, Valentine's Day, is post your patchwork poems day!
All this week you can place links to the patchwork poems you created. Please be sure to credit your many muses! And, hey, if you can't get enough patchworking, and you create another poem, link it up!
Next Thursday, the 21st, we will post links to poems of our own that we offer up as fodder for new patchwork poems.
If you would like to be listed as a member of patchwork poetry, email me at jillypoet@verizon.net!
Thanks for poeming with me!
All this week you can place links to the patchwork poems you created. Please be sure to credit your many muses! And, hey, if you can't get enough patchworking, and you create another poem, link it up!
Next Thursday, the 21st, we will post links to poems of our own that we offer up as fodder for new patchwork poems.
If you would like to be listed as a member of patchwork poetry, email me at jillypoet@verizon.net!
Thanks for poeming with me!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
gather ye poems
To participate in next week's patchwork poetry party, simply provide a link to one of your own poems in the comments section.
By leaving a link, you agree to allow our collective of poets use your lines in a brand new poem. One time rights, of course. And the patchwork poetry collective, a groovy bunch of like-minded souls in pursuit of the perfect word, do hereby promise on pain of left & right hand removal, to never publish or pass of as wholly their own, the poems created from other people's poems. I'm no lawyer, but I think that covers it!
By leaving a link, you agree to allow our collective of poets use your lines in a brand new poem. One time rights, of course. And the patchwork poetry collective, a groovy bunch of like-minded souls in pursuit of the perfect word, do hereby promise on pain of left & right hand removal, to never publish or pass of as wholly their own, the poems created from other people's poems. I'm no lawyer, but I think that covers it!
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