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Writing With Emotions

Submitted by China Blue on Tue, 2011-08-02 15:46
Status: 
Concluded
Program description/goal: 

Description:

Leader: China Blue
Moderator(s): Candlewitch

Objectives:To write using emotions,so the reader can feel them

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter:writing workshop
Syllabus

Olympic Pool Workshop:
Using Emotions In Writing

Goal: To use an emotion that the reader can identify without naming the emotion

Learning how to write with emotions felt everyday

We will take the most prominent emotions:
Love,Hate,Anger,Fear and Envy(or jealousy), sorrow
Write a poem about each
HOWEVER You cannot use the words in the poem
Each emotion will be a separate poem

Culminating in one poem using all of the emotions:again the words love , hate etc cannot be used in the poem
We will take one emotion at a time
Post the poem in the stream. Please be sure to indicate(tab) that it is a workshop submission

At the end of the workshop you should be able to write an emotional poem that the reader can feel and identify with. Without the reader being told what the poem is about

Open to all. Limit of ten participants
Please note Only join our workshop if you are ready to commit to a 14 day workshop.
You may join by Pm’ing China Blue
As always the guidelines will be obeyed

Any questions on the above description or workshop please direct them to me
China Blue here at Neopoet
Hope to see everyone there

Length: 
14 days
Number of participants (limit): 
10 people
Participants: 
raj
lou
Candlewitch
blistered-pen
Skill level: 
Olympic Pool
Date: 
Sunday, September 4, 2011 to Sunday, September 18, 2011

Comments

lou

Tue, 2011-08-02 21:49

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Count me in

Love Lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

Candlewitch

Fri, 2011-08-05 12:16

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When does this workshop begin? I'm anxious to get started, LOL!

always, Cat

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Candlewitch

Fri, 2011-08-05 12:20

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It must have been a brain fart! I see you have already posted the dates at the bottom of the post, LOL!

always, Cat

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raj

Sun, 2011-08-07 15:15

do we need to wait until 15th August to post the poem?...

raj (sublime_ocean)

raj

Sun, 2011-08-07 16:41

Oh yeah...things have become quiet these days at Neopoet...a good idea under the circumstance to add your name too to the list ..lol...

raj (sublime_ocean)

Candlewitch

Tue, 2011-08-09 12:40

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I've got my love minus the word "love" poem ready to go... can't hardly wait!

p.s.

where is everybody? Do we need to take out an ad?

always, Cat

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And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.

raj

Tue, 2011-08-09 14:33

wow..i cant wait to read your poem...surely must be good as always....

much love...

raj (sublime_ocean)

lou

Tue, 2011-08-09 12:49

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I am about to prepare my poem.

Lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

raj

Mon, 2011-08-15 06:33

It's is 15th august here and i have posted my workshop poem...

raj (sublime_ocean)

raj

Tue, 2011-08-16 02:04

Looks like the workshop hasn't kicked off as yet..is that so?

raj (sublime_ocean)

Candlewitch

Tue, 2011-08-16 11:51

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I have e-mailed Chrys as to when we start and I haven't heard anything back yet. Which is very unusual because she is very promt with her communications. I am somewhat worried.

always, Cat

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And responds, please be courteous
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Hooded Stranger

Tue, 2011-08-16 13:59

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I am going to postpone the start date of this workshop until I can contact Chrys.

I'll probably start it again on Monday, but will announce it officially tomorrow, in hope that Chrys can be contacted.

regards,

HS

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raj

Tue, 2011-08-16 14:21

Hope all is well with Chrys..the contests and workshops can always wait...

raj (sublime_ocean)

lou

Tue, 2011-08-16 16:55

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I hope Chrys is well, i know she was going t have a couple of days off, I didn't realise she didn't tell you.

Lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

raj

Wed, 2011-08-17 15:15

i do appreciate what you are saying and feel due to luke warm responses of members to poems posted on stream...it could be due to ongoing vacations and holiday season in the West...as for the workshop on emotions as you must have read from comments above Chrys seems to be unreachable and we shall wait till we hear from her hopefully soon to know she is fine...and then know about how she plans to go about operating this workshop...having said that i too have observed and feel concerned that there is a kind of inertia creeping in...

raj (sublime_ocean)

Candlewitch

Thu, 2011-08-18 13:14

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I recieved an e-mail from Chrys's daughter. It seems she is having difficulty with her internet service provider. She will be having eye surgery at the end of the month, too.
I look to Dan (Hooded Stranger) as to how to proceed.

always, Cat

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When someone reads your work
And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.

raj

Sat, 2011-08-20 15:15

Welcome back...you need not be apologetic since we all know now that you had a valid reason of network crashing...and we know too how particular you are otherwise ...

Cheers!!..

raj (sublime_ocean)

raj

Sun, 2011-08-21 15:00

of course you can count me in...in fact i was an early bird registering for this workshop which is why my name also appears right at the top of the participants list you have put up...moreover i was also an early bird when on Aug 15th (the original date set by you) i posted "Baked Beans"...

my best wishes for your op...

raj (sublime_ocean)

raj

Mon, 2011-08-22 01:59

Welcome back...it would be nice to read your poetry again...so get started quickly...looking forward to read more from you...

raj (sublime_ocean)

Candlewitch

Wed, 2011-08-24 21:03

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It is sooooooooo good to see you here! Welcome back!

always, Cat

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And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.

weirdelf

Wed, 2011-08-31 04:11

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You have the knack of nailing much needed content.

cheers,
Jess
A new workshop on the most important element of poetry-
'Rhythm and Meter in Poetry'
https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/rhythm-and-meter-poetry

lou

Sat, 2011-09-03 21:15

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Looking forward to starting

Love Lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

Candlewitch

Sun, 2011-09-04 10:27

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my love poem (without the word love) is posted.

always, Cat

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And reply in kind, thanks.

lou

Sun, 2011-09-04 10:30

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Aww i didn't steal them, they followed me home.

LOL!!

Love Lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

raj

Mon, 2011-09-05 23:37

I did hear the final call from Chrys for jumping into the Olympic pool workshop and had to quickly string together a poem about the first of the several emotions on the Menu...however last night (india time) i couldn't post it because Neopoet Server was being moved ...i am submitting "Mango Tree" in stream since Chrys has advised not to submit it under workshop....

Welcome to JRS..

raj (sublime_ocean)

lou

Mon, 2011-09-05 10:47

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I'll get started on hate, should find hate a hell of a lot easier LOL!!!

Lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

raj

Tue, 2011-09-06 16:05

i read that one..it's touching and effective...

raj (sublime_ocean)

Candlewitch

Wed, 2011-09-07 11:10

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My hate poem is posted under the title: "Malicious"

always, Cat

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And reply in kind, thanks.

raj

Wed, 2011-09-07 23:37

i have been commenting on poems submitted by others...

it seems you did not read my comment on my poem page of "Mango Tree" that i shall not be writing for now but will be absorbing the writes of the others as a learning experience since there is a feed back that the quality of my writing has slumped a great deal...i have taken it positively without any hard feelings...

raj (sublime_ocean)

raj

Thu, 2011-09-08 15:03

Thank you Chrys..

the general comment about a slump is not about the workshop poems but about my writing...

raj (sublime_ocean)

Candlewitch

Thu, 2011-09-08 07:11

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I had to repost my hate poem due to having accidently deleted it. I'm an idiot!

always, Cat

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Candlewitch

Fri, 2011-09-09 11:00

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I edited my "Hate" poem and posted my "Anger" poem. Happy Friday!!!

always, Cat

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Candlewitch

Mon, 2011-09-12 11:49

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I posted my envy/jealousy poem. I hope I didn't jump the gun...

always, Cat

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And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.

Candlewitch

Wed, 2011-09-14 11:03

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I just posted my sorrow poem. I'm unclear on the final step. I wrote a poem containing all the emotions,but I understand that is not what you want. Do you want us to cut and paste all the poems together as one poem?

always, Cat

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When someone reads your work
And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.

raj

Wed, 2011-09-14 14:41

Now this one (the final act) is a toughie but i have a hunch that Cat will piece one up skillfully...its like making a collage piecing together bits and pieces from all poems posted thus far ....

i didn't know you could be so mean ..by delivering this knock out punch...lol...

raj (sublime_ocean)

lou

Wed, 2011-09-14 22:48

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I'll get started first thing
Lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

lou

Thu, 2011-09-15 07:31

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I think it was a great idea for a workshop. I need to tweak my workshop ideas a bit.

lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

raj

Thu, 2011-09-15 14:24

i was kidding when i said "mean"...it was a light banter...

raj (sublime_ocean)

raj

Thu, 2011-09-15 15:49

yes Cat surely had a Ball all through the workshop...it was a well thought of syllabus befitting a workshop ...

raj (sublime_ocean)

lou

Thu, 2011-09-15 10:35

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Me to

lou

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Candlewitch

Thu, 2011-09-15 11:25

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My last poem is posted plus a poem containing all of those emotions. (extra credit? LOL!)

always, Cat

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And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.

lou

Thu, 2011-09-15 23:21

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Still working on my final poem for this workshop, there's no way it will live up to Cat's, but one can but try LOL!!!

Lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

lou

Sat, 2011-09-17 09:45

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I was mostly joking about Cat's being better, but she is extremely talented.

lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

lou

Sat, 2011-09-17 17:33

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I posted it the other day.

lou

Stand tall, be proud to be who you are, give the world the finger!!!!

raj

Sun, 2011-09-18 07:04

Well done once again Chrys...although i know you would have loved to have more participation...

raj (sublime_ocean)

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