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Shira Erlichman Writing Prompt

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:43:28 -0400

THROUGH THE DOOR

Find a quote you love, a piece of advice, a proverb. Number your page 1 to 15. Write the quote you love in the 15 spot. For example, my quote is “Do not fear mistakes. There are none.” Then, on line 14, mishear your quote through a door. So for example, my line 14 would be “Sue the fear it takes. Share the gun.” Do the same from line 14 to 13. Mine would be “Brew the tear-lit cakes. Bear the sun.”

Do this, moving backward up the page all the way to the 1 spot, moving backward up the page. When done, erase the numbers. Where you end up is the beginning of your poem.

The point is to get loose, stretch your ear, hear something new. The point is for advice to grow from the crooked places, the jumbled, the mistaken. This is underwater gossip. Dive and gurgle.

Lauren Zuniga's Writing Prompt 11/30

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:54:08 -0400

What is the most elaborate lie you ever told? What were the sensations in your body? Was it discovered? Did you get away with it? Was there any point where you believed it was true?

Teacup of shhhhhhhhugar.

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:36:19 -0400

Teacup of shhhhhhhhugar.

Shira Erlichman’s 30/30 Prompt #1 (a): If this...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:05:00 -0400

Shira Erlichman’s 30/30 Prompt #1

(a): If this photograph is your life, which character are you? The leaping tiger? The ladder clinger? The bike rider? Or, are you the ladder itself? Is the ladder clinger your worries? Is the tightrope music? Is the cyclist the girl you met that urged you out of your suffocating town? Write yourself in to this picture. Let one (or all) objects represent a struggle, a helper, a dare.

Or: (b) Title this photograph after a desperate time/situation in your life. It might be: “When I finally realized it was Bipolar, not prophesy” or “Mom and dad split when I was 10.” How does the image illustrate that? Write the poem based on the tension in the image. Imagine who is who. How would events unfold? Who leapt, who watched, who risked, who led, who barely made it out alive?

(Note: This photograph is real and taken at a zoo in China.)

Shira Whirlichman sings us a song! Its a song that you already...

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:58:26 -0400

Shira Whirlichman sings us a song! Its a song that you already know. Brooklyn is a feast.

Angel Nafis and Jon Sands perform their collaborative poem,...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:58:41 -0400

Angel Nafis and Jon Sands perform their collaborative poem, Black Girl White Boy. Oh my, its so slick and dirty and intense. Yes. Watch it again.

Amy Everhart has a Tumblr too. More action than you can squint...

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:40:25 -0500

Amy Everhart has a Tumblr too. More action than you can squint at. We will all be posting on here soon. It will be a slippery ramp of gorgeous.

Shira Erlichman in a short piece called Walk on Occupy Wall St....

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:20:40 -0500

Shira Erlichman in a short piece called Walk on Occupy Wall St. Filmed by Rattapallax.

Dirt Choir’s Lauren Zuniga performs a poem at Living Arts...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:03:15 -0500

Dirt Choir’s Lauren Zuniga performs a poem at Living Arts Gallery in Tulsa, OK.

Dirt Choir’s Shira Erlichman performs “Bend of Your...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:01:00 -0500

Dirt Choir’s Shira Erlichman performs “Bend of Your Spoon” at Urban Roots in Oklahoma City.

Video of Angel doing Be Blk! “I think I am going to start...

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:45:22 -0500

Video of Angel doing Be Blk! “I think I am going to start calling this poem Instructions from Jesus.” Filmed at Urban Roots by Jerre B Fine, our official documentarian.

Shira has a new album out. Lamps.

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:56:22 -0500

Shira has a new album out. Lamps. :

“Recorded in the soft arms of winter in a resonating mansion and Shira E’s childhood bedroom”

Shira Erlichman, Say Snow {An oldie but goodie. “I...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:50:32 -0500

Shira Erlichman, Say Snow

{An oldie but goodie. “I don’t know how this me thing works in fact I am not sure that I am.”}

Amy Everhart, Gummy Bear

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:47:41 -0500

Amy Everhart, Gummy Bear

Angel gets a shout out in this hilarious ensemble. “YO,...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:37:31 -0500

Angel gets a shout out in this hilarious ensemble. “YO, Fuck. Why won’t you let me give you.”

Angel Nafis, performs “Open” {how she gonna kill...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:04:00 -0500

Angel Nafis, performs “Open” {how she gonna kill like this on paper? the gasp at the end tells it all.}

Lauren Zuniga performs “Women Behind Bars” for the...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:00:48 -0500

Lauren Zuniga performs “Women Behind Bars” for the documentary Women Behind Bars.

"The best way to leave Texas is sore and wet. If you have ever been free or in love, then you..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:56:22 -0500

“

The best way to leave Texas
is sore and wet. If you have ever
been free or in love, then you know
the best place to leave any place is
sore and wet, but Texas is special.
….

This sternum is my table of contents
so read me. Top to bottom, out loud
so I know what my body sounds like
spoken from the blueprint of
beautiful.

”

- Amy Everhart, “The Best Way To Leave Texas”

Amy Everhart. 2009 Individual World Slam Champion, performs...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:49:00 -0500

Amy Everhart. 2009 Individual World Slam Champion, performs “The Best Way To Leave Texas Is Sore And Wet”

Shira sings too!

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:47:45 -0500

Shira sings too!