I’ve been tagged by my friend and fellow poet, Natalie Giarratano, to post a poem of mine (published, early draft, loved or hated) each day for five days and each day, I’m to tag another poet to join the challenge. For day #3 I’m selecting my poem “The Ghosts of Dead Husbands,” which was published here by Gravel in December 2014.
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Poem A Day for Five Days: Day #2 “The Pond”
I’ve been tagged by my friend and fellow poet, Natalie Giarratano, to post a poem of mine (published, early draft, loved or hated) each day for five days and each day, I’m to tag another poet to join the challenge. For day #2 I’m selecting my poem “The Pond,” which was published here by The Meadow.
To date, this is the longest poem I’ve written and I started writing it when I was an undergrad at Allegheny College. It went through countless re-writes. For along time I only had the first section written and then added the other two sections over a series of workshops and revisions.
Poem A Day for Five Days: Day #1 “A Trip to the Indiana State Museum”
I’ve been tagged by my friend and fellow poet, Natalie Giarratano, to post a poem of mine (published, early draft, loved or hated) each day for five days and each day, I’m to tag another poet to join the challenge. For day #1 I’m selecting my poem “A Trip to the Indiana State Museum,” which was published here by Heron Tree in November 2014.
I wrote this poem on a trip to Indianapolis where I was visiting my now husband. I actually wrote the first draft while waiting for him to finish working the night after we visited the museum. Here are some pictures of some early drafts I wrote in my journal:
Tupelo Press 30/30 Project: Poem #30
My thirtieth poem for 30/30, “Elegy” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. Thank you to everyone who supported my efforts during the month of April. I really enjoyed this project and I’m glad I decided to participate. I’ll be writing a debrief post of sorts in the next few weeks, but for now, enjoy the last round of poems and the last day of National Poetry Month. Don’t forget today is “Poem in Your Pocket” Day.
Cheers!
Tupelo Press 30/30 Project: Poem #29
My twenty ninth poem for 30/30, “Discovering the Cosmos” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations
and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. One more poem to go!
Tupelo Press 30/30 Project: Day #28
My twenty eighth poem for 30/30, “A Mother’s Prayer for Her Daughter’s Body” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. This poem was written for my friend and fellow poet, Karissa Knox Sorrell. Thanks for your support!
Tupelo Press 30/30 Project: Day #27
My twenty seventh poem for 30/30, “Palo & Francesca” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. This poem was written for Kathryn Wilbanks who discovered and donated to 30/30 through my good friend Sam Snoek Brown. She’s one of his students, so thanks to you, Kathryn, and to Sam for sharing this project with your students.
Tupelo Press 30/30 Project: Day #26
My twenty sixth poem for 30/30, “Farewell” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog. This poem is for Sarah Diaz, who requested a poem featuring “marriage.” If you’re not familiar with the story of Orpheus & Eurydice, you can find a link to the story here.
Tupelo Press 30/30 Project: Day #25
My twenty fifth poem for 30/30, “Junk Drawer” is live. For more information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog.
This poem is for my dad who requested a poem featuring a “twisty tie.” Yep.
Tupelo Press 30/30 Project: Day #24
My twenty fourth poem for 30/30, “Opossum Season” is live. For more i information about Tupelo Press, 30/30 & donations and incentives, please see my previous post or visit the project blog.
Brianna Pike 