BULLETIN: Today I’m interviewed by Kathy Temean on her blog: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com . The subject is the importance of choosing themes.
BULLETIN: Since I posted the note below, other delightful parroties have come in. Check out B.J. Lee at the very bottom.
Hi everyone,
I don’t know if it’s over yet, because more poem parroties continue to be posted, but as of yesterday morning seventeen poets have contributed thirty + entertaining poems on the post dated August 24. They include Jane Yolen (4), Cory Corrado (2), Jeanne Poland (2), Renee La Tulippe (3), Julie Krantz, Robyn Hood Black (2), Steven Withrow, Vikram Madan (3), Marilyn Singer (2), Avis Harley, Buffy Silverman, Pat Lewis (3), David Harrison (2), Joyce Sidman, Douglas Florian, and Taylor McGowan. Take a few minutes to read them all from top to bottom. It’s well worth the time. My thanks again to Pat Lewis for suggesting this thoroughly enjoyable exercise.
If you would like to read a collection of great couplets, scroll down a bit further to August 21. There you’ll find fifty-one couplets contributed by twenty poets, including Joy Acey (2), Jane Yolen (11), Don Barrett (3), Cory Corrado, David Harrison (8), Renee La Tulippe (4), Charles Ghigna (6), Taylor McGowan, Ken Slesarik (2), Jane Heitman Healy (2), Buffy Silverman, Sara Holbrook, Brod Bagert, Annalisa Hall (2), Jeanne Poland, Julie Krantz, Vikram Madan, Catherine Johnson, Charles Waters, and Rachel Hendricks.
I particularly want to acknowledge two of our contributors, Taylor McGowan and Rachel Hendricks. These young women are now in middle school but they began posting their poetry on my blog when they were 4th graders. It’s such a pleasure to watch young people grow up sharing a bit of themselves with us here. Thank you, Taylor and Rachel.
My thanks to everyone for pitching in so many exceptional pieces of work. Wonderful job everyone!
David
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