Word of Mouth : Send me a Poet by Tara Hardy

"Send me a Poet"
by Tara Hardy

Poem Art : Portraits of Anne Sexton

(by Sara Bowersock)

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(by Alison Lutz)

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(by Sami Chudyk)

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(by Marta Spendowska)

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(by Betsyann Duval)

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(by Maria Zaikina)

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(by Joanna Rusinek)

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(by Chiara Fasanella)

Word of Mouth : Letter From My Heart To My Brain by Rachel McKibbens

Letter From My Heart To My Brain + Letter From My Brain To My Heart

by Rachel McKibbens

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We are taking submissions for Word of Mouth plus a handful of other new features on Words Dance, check them all out here!

Follow the Tracks #2 : Weekly Song Picks

“Hurricane” – MS MR

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“Hey” – Pixies

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“Little Toy Gun” – honeyhoney

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“I'm Good, I'm Gone” – Lykke Li

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“212” – Azealia Banks ft Lazy Jay

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Have a lovely weekend!

Words Dance Book Box #2 : Animal Farm by George Orwell

Download here: Words Dance Book Box #2 - PDF Words Dance Book Box #2 Quote Cards - PDF You can get suggestions for use, directions plus pick up Book Box #1 HERE!

I will be sharing #3 soon! If you don't want to miss any of them, sign up here to get updates! If you have any requests on what book(s) you'd like to see in this series at some point, I'm open to hearing them. Burn after reading, xo,

Free Download : Words Dance Book Sampler

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Includes poems from our books plus reviews, behind the scenes photos & info from:

The Map of Our Garden
Poetry by Rebecca Schumejda

Fossil Fuels
Poetry by Jessica Dawson

Nothing Unrequited Here
Poetry by Heather Bell

No Glass Allowed
Poetry by Tammy Foster Brewer

Words Dance Writing Prompt #1 : Between the Lines by Susan Lawson

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Choose a poem you like. I used "Fire" by Joy Harjo from her book What Moon Drove Me to This? Cross out every other line (it doesn't matter whether you start with the first or second line) and write lines of your own to fit with the remaining original lines. Then, cross out the remaining lines of the original poem and write more lines of your own to go with those you already wrote so that what you end up with is a poem that's wholly yours. Here's what I wrote... Between the Lines No one hears a voice unspoken. Each person must walk into the timbre of her own breath. Every One must dance into the beauty of her own resonance— flirting, flitting from word to word to word like lovers wrestling in the damp night. A body must journey into its deepest throat no matter what the cost. See— the cancer cut from my neck was not the end but a new beginning. My voice goes on and on even as I sleep like lake water rippling in moonlight. My dreams, my pen become a tongue for those weary of talk. I am become a breeze that bristles dry autumn leaves to ground. I mulch the earth's madness with whatever laughter or tears I launch into the darkness.                                    - Susan Lawson For comparison, here is Harjo’s poem... Fire a woman can’t survive by her own breath                         alone she must know the voices of mountains she must recognize the foreverness of blue sky she must flow with the elusive bodies of night winds who will take her into herself look at me i am not a separate woman i am the continuance of blue sky i am the throat of the mountains a night wind who burns with every breath she takes                                    - Joy Harjo Share a link to the poem you penned using this prompt. The links can be from your blog, website, on Facebook in a note or status update (but make sure it is set to public so folks can view it), Tumblr or Flickr, anywhere with a URL! One submission per person please. To be included on the list below submit your links before 5/16/13. In the "Name" field use this format: POEM NAME by YOUR NAME Susan Lawson shares desk space with a tabby kitten named Maisie and leads writing workshops using the Amherst Writers & Artists method in the central Indiana area. Enjoy more of her writing at SusanLawson.net.