Our Birthday Poems 2011-3


Tuesday Poem 3rd Birthday Communal ‘Jazz’ Poem  (2013)

It begins on April 2, 2013 here and ends April 23, 2013.  


Thank you to the Tuesday Poets taking part - 18 poets from 9 cities and 4 countries. 

         Like a jazz composition this poem is improvisational and free. We ask that each poet improvises from the stanza before – and, if you like, the stanzas before that – picking up and using rhythm or phrases or lines or words or responding to rhythm/phrases/words and using them to create something that shows the individual poet’s voice.

 There’s no theme but it might arise. Rhythm & language are the focus.
    Each stanza is a maximum 6 lines, minimum 1.
    Check the poem on the blog www.tuesdaypoem.blogspot.com sometime after 10 am NZ Time the day before you have to post – there is a NZ clock on the blog (sidebar). Allow for some delays. If the poet before you on the roster is not up by midday NZ Time, start work in a word document or on paper responding to what’s there.
    To POST: Log into the blog. Click ‘edit’ under the poem title. Leave a line break. Type the number of your stanza. On the line underneath, type in your poem - do not ‘cut and paste’ as it throws out the fonts. Post on or before 10 am NZ Time on the day you’re rostered. From 6 am NZ Time is fine. (Country variations are in brackets after a poet’s name.)
    You can’t schedule the post because the poem has to stay online and scheduling a new stanza removes it.
    Write your name at the bottom of the poem with the number of your stanza beside it eg. 1.Harvey. Click ‘preview’ to check it’s ok. POST.

    If you miss your cue, do not fret, just email me & Claire marymac21@gmail.com or clarab@earthlight.co.nz we can slot you into one of the ‘gap’ days.

    Tell friends on Facebook Twitter or via email! Watch the poem grow.

ROSTER 
Tue APR 2 Harvey Molloy    Wellington NZ *
Wed APR 3 Helen Rickerby   Wellington NZ *
Thu APR 4 Penelope Cottier Canberra Australia *  (post by 8 am)
Fri APR 5 Michelle Elvy    Auckland NZ * 
Sat APR 6 Andrew Bell      Christchurch  NZ*
Mon APR 8 Keith Westwater  Wellington NZ *
Tue APR 9 Mary McCallum    Wellington NZ *
Thu APR 11 T. Clear        Seattle US * (post April 10 by 1 pm)
Fri APR 12 Rethabile Masilo Paris, France *(post Apr 11 by 10 pm)
Sat APR 13 Renee Liang      Auckland NZ *
Mon APR 15 Catherine Bateson Belgrave Australia * (post by 8 am)
Tue APR 16 Alicia Ponder    Wellington NZ *
Wed APR 17 Claire Beynon    Dunedin NZ *
Thu APR 18 Janis Freegard   Wellington NZ *
Fri APR 19 Saradha Koirala  Wellington NZ *
Sat APR 20 Eileen Moeller   Philadelphia US *(post Apr 19 - 5 pm)
Sun APR 21 Helen McKinlay   Golden Bay NZ *
Mon APR 22 Tim Jones        Wellington NZ *
Tue APR 23 FINISHED POEM posted

Not able to take part this time but with us in spirit: Helen Lowe (NZ), Kathleen Jones (UK), Jennifer Compton (Australia), Zireaux (Australia), Leah McMenamin (Australia), Elizabeth Welch (UK), Catherine Fitchett (NZ), Booksellers NZ (Emma McCleary), Belinda Hollyer (UK), Robert Sullivan (NZ), Sarah Jane Barnett (NZ).

2012 GLOBAL BIRTHDAY POEM  

Read it here. 


THE GLOBAL POEM KICKED OFF AT ONE MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT on Tuesday April 3, 2012 to celebrate Tuesday Poem's second birthday. Here's the roster. 

APRIL 3 (NZ) TUES
12:01 AM Melissa Green      Boston US
      (8 AM EDT Boston April 2)
10 AM  Claire Beynon     visiting Ibiza Spain
      (Midnight Ibiza DST 2/3 April)
6 PM   Saradha Koirala      Wellington NZ

APRIL 4 (NZ) WED
8 AM Janis Freegard*  Wellington NZ
6 PM T. Clear*    Seattle US
     (11 PM PDT Seattle Washington April 3)   

APRIL 5 (NZ) THURS
10 AM Catherine Bateson      Belgrave Australia  
     (8 AM EST Australia April 5)
6 PM  Renee Liang       Auckland NZ

APRIL 6 (NZ) FRIDAY
8 AM Elizabeth Welsh*   London UK 
     (9 PM DST UK April 5)                         
6 PM Alicia Ponder     Wellington NZ        

EASTER BREAK SATURDAY AND EASTER SUNDAY

APRIL 9 (NZ) MON
8 AM Tim Jones   Wellington NZ        
6 PM Kathleen Jones*  visiting Italy  
    (8 AM CEST Italy April 9)

APRIL 10 (NZ) TUESDAY
8 AM Helen McKinlay*    visiting Auckland NZ    
6 PM Helen Lowe*        Christchurch NZ

APRIL 11 (NZ) WEDNESDAY
10 AM Eileen Moeller*    Philadelphia US
      (6 PM EDT Philadelphia April 10
6 PM  Orchid Tierney*    Dunedin  NZ

APRIL 12 (NZ) THURSDAY
10 AM Susan Landry   Boston US 
      (6 PM EDT Boston April 11)
6 PM  Keith Westwater*   Wellington NZ

APRIL 13 (NZ) FRIDAY
8 AM Belinda Hollyer*     London UK
     (9 PM DST UK April 12)   
6 PM Harvey Molloy*      Wellington NZ      

APRIL 14 (NZ) SATURDAY
8 AM Bernadette Keating   Wellington NZ  
6 PM Andrew Bell*         Christchurch  NZ  

APRIL 15 (NZ) SUNDAY
10 AM Michelle Elvy*        Auckland NZ  
8 PM  Catherine Fitchett*   Christchurch NZ      
    
APRIL 16 (NZ) MONDAY
12:01 AM Penelope Cottier*  Canberra Australia
        (10:01 PM EST Australia April 15) 
8 PM Helen Rickerby*        Wellington NZ      

TUESDAY 17 (NZ) TUESDAY
12:01 AM Mary McCallum*    Wellington NZ
Final Poem posted.

Not taking part (except in spirit) : Zireaux, Jen Compton, Emma McCleary, Robert Sullivan, Sarah Jane Barnett

WHAT TO DO:
Log in to the Tuesday Poem blog as usual. If this is new to you - login to your blogger blog and you'll see TP there alongside your personal blog - for wordpress newbies, go to www.blogspot.com and log in.  If you haven't received your invitation to be editor yet, email Mary.   

ON THE BLOG: 
Go to 'POSTS' - go to the BIRTHDAY POEM post - click EDIT under the title - TYPE your line into the poem DO NOT CUT AND PASTE (it messes up the fonts) - at the bottom of the poem write your name as author - click SAVE - check it looks ok - LOG OUT. 

Please remember not to post too soon after another poet, let each line have its time in the sun. 
If you can, email the person following you to say you've got your line up.

If the poet before you hasn’t posted up to an hour after the deadline send an email to the poet (I'll send out the list with proper names beside them) and to me. Wait and see. If nothing, then go ahead and post. 

Any problems at all - email me your line and cc the person after you. 



TIMES:

The times are NZ Standard Time - check the clock in the sidebar to see what that is. 

NZ /Australia have just come off DAYLIGHT SAVING (on the Sunday) and the UK, US, Italy, Spain have just begun. 



WRITING AND EDITING:

There is no theme except this vague idea: the sounds of a birthday - 

Watch the flow of the poem. Lines can begin half way along and end in the middle of a line. One to 1.5 lines is ideal. Two lines is too long this time. Try and post lines that tip over onto the next line. Use spaces – line breaks etc. as you see fit. 



Watch for consistency – if there appear to be stanzas or couplets unfolding, or a particular rhythm, try and stick with that. Try and steer clear of explicit end-rhyme unless appropriate. 


Your lines need to work with/echo the lines immediately above them in terms of rhythm and sound and meaning etc (email the poet before you if a line needs explaining).

If you want to change a line after you have posted, email any amendments to me. Suggested improvements to the whole poem also welcome. There will only be minor editing on the poem for sense/flow/consistency etc before it's 'posted' as a final poem on April 17. 

HAPPY WRITING!!
Mary and Claire



First Birthday Poem April 2011 


The unfolding poem here

The final poem here

Tuesday Poem was One Year Old in 2011. We celebrated on the first Tuesday in April with a communal poem called 'Tuesday' where we all contributed 1-2 lines over the week. Doing it over the week gave us time to really think about our contributions and allowed our blogreaders to follow the progress of the poem. The final poem was posted for a week from April 12.  

Birthday Badge with candle by Claire Beynon Dunedin, NZ (using her pewter quill). 
Cake by T Clear in Seattle, Washington.

The unfolding poem here

The final poem here

Rules for writing a global poem:

ROSTER (final times for posting lines)    *confirmed time
APRIL 5 (NZ) TUES
12:01 AM Mary McCallum (curator)      Wellington NZ       marymac21@gmail.com    *
8 AM        Claire Beynon (curator)       Dunedin NZ         clarab@earthlight.co.nz     *
Midday  (10 AM Australia Standard Time April 5) Catherine Bateson  Belgrave Australia  *
4 PM   Janis Freegard           Wellington NZ   *
8 PM  Bernadette Keating    Wellington NZ   *
11:59 PM (12:59 PM BST UK April 5)   Belinda Hollyer    London UK  *

APRIL 6 (NZ) WED
Midday Helen Heath            Kapiti Coast NZ      *
4 PM Orchid Tierney           Auckland NZ           *
8 PM  Tim Jones                  Wellington NZ         * 
11.59 PM (12:59 AM BST UK April 6) Kathleen Jones  Lake District UK  *

APRIL 7 (NZ) THURS
8 AM (4 PM EDT Philadelphia April 6)  Eileen Moeller  Philadelphia US  *
Midday Andrew Bell             Christchurch NZ  *
4 PM (9 PM DST Seattle Washington April 6) T. Clear Seattle US  *[unable to post]
10 PM Harvey Molloy          Wellington NZ        *

APRIL 8 (NZ) FRI
8 AM Saradha Koirala            Wellington NZ       *
MIDDAY Helen Lowe           Christchurch NZ   *
3:59 PM (11:59 PM Boston Mass. DST Time April 7) Susan Landry      Boston US   *
8 PM Helen Rickerby             Wellington NZ       *
11:59 PM  (9:59 PM Australia Standard Time April 8) Jen Compton Melbourne Australia  *      

APRIL 9 (NZ) SAT
9 AM Renee Liang             Auckland NZ          *      
Midday Robert Sullivan      Auckland NZ          *   
4 PM Emma McCleary (Booksellers)     The Wairarapa NZ    *
8 PM Catherine Fitchett     Christchurch NZ      *
11:59 PM Alicia Ponder      Wellington NZ        *

APRIL 10 (NZ) SUN
Midday Elizabeth Welsh        Auckland NZ     *
4 pm Sarah Jane Barnett        Wellington NZ    *

APRIL 12 (NZ) AT 12:01 AM – “TUESDAY”  the poem, will be posted.

NOTE TO BLOGREADERS: We'd love your comments on the progress of the poem or suggestions where it might go! 

NOTE TO POETS:
These times are final times only, you can post your lines any time after the poet before you in the roster has posted. 
If the poet before you hasn’t posted by their deadline (e.g. Orchid’s deadline is 4 PM on April 6) send an email to the poet (see list emailed 28-03-11) and to Mary/Claire and we will let you know whether or not to go ahead anyway or to wait. 
If you run into trouble with your time, email a poet after you on the list to try and swap, cc Mary/Claire. 

TIMES:
There is a clock in the Tuesday Poem sidebar with NZ Standard Time.
NZ /Australia will have come off DAYLIGHT SAVING (on the Sunday) and the UK, US will have just begun. The times are NZ Standard Time – with times for poets living elsewhere in brackets beside them.

WRITING AND EDITING:

Watch the flow of the poem. Lines can begin half way along and end in the middle of a line. One to 1.5 lines is ideal - two lines maximum. Try and post lines that tip over onto the next line. Use spaces – line breaks etc. as you see fit.

Watch for consistency – if there appear to be stanzas or couplets unfolding, or a particular rhythm, try and stick with that. Try and steer clear of explicit end-rhyme unless appropriate. 

Your lines need to work with/echo the lines immediately above them in terms of rhythm and sound and meaning etc (email the poet before you if a line needs explaining).

If you want to change a line after you have posted, email any amendments to Claire/Mary. Suggested improvements to the whole poem also welcome. There will only be minor editing on the poem for sense/flow/consistency etc. before it's 'posted' as a final poem on April 12. 

HAPPY WRITING!!


Mary and Claire







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