“The Poetry of Difference” Article on We Write Poems

Greetings!

One of my articles, “The Poetry of Difference”, was published on the brand new We Write Poems community site. In this article, I discuss what the poetry of difference is — it is poetry infused with the “stuff” from the cultures to which we belong.

Go read it here.

-Nicole
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News Update: New Prompt Sites and a New Blog

Hello readers,

I wanted to make sure that you were aware of three new writing communities that have arisen in the wake of Read Write Poem closing down:

  • We Write Poems, which is comprised of several former Read Write Poem community members — I’ll be a regular contributor for prompts and articles
  • Writer’s Island, which has been reopened by former Read Write Poem community member Rob Kistner
  • Big Tent Poetry, also comprised of some former Read Write Poem community members — here there will be weekly prompts as well as mini-challenges

Also, I should mention that I have opened a second blog, Woman With Asperger’s. I began this blog as a way to share my experiences with being a woman with Asperger Syndrome, to communicate with others like me, and to chronicle my journey in understanding it an other autism spectrum disorders. I will be posting very minimal poetry there, and in most cases will try to link back to Raven’s Wing Poetry. You don’t have to be an Aspie to visit — come on over and take a look around!

-Nicole

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NaPoWriMo Poem #7: How to Paint the Mona Lisa (A Pantoum)

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

It takes twelve years to paint her smile.
Feel your own lips, read the Braille in their contours.
Pull ribbons of secrets from under your tongue.
Whisper them onto the canvas.
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Synesthesia

This was written for Read Write Word #15 (and NaPoWriMo #27 – I am soooo behind!). These were words that I donated to RWP a while back. This was also inspired by Sarah’s poem written for the same prompt.

A little background information is in order: synesthesia is “a neurologically based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway”, i.e. hearing colors (the definition was quoted from Wikipedia. I am heard that it can occur by itself (although I’m not entirely sure), but I am aware that individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome can experience synesthesia. I’m inclined to think that stuff lying within the Autism Spectrum is maybe less of a disorder and perhaps evident of neurodiversity within the human race (although I’m up for debate and discussion on the subject).

For more info on synesthesia, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia.

And now, on to the poem. Enjoy.

-Nicole

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You once told me
that you heard

colors, that songs were leaking
tones of liquid pigment into
your ears. Like B flat – for you,
it was
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