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If you would like to share one of your favourite poems during a week in November, please sign up below. Feel free to pick a specific week or just let me know that you would like to be part of The Monday Poem, in which case I'll select one for you.
The week schedule will be filled in as people sign up.

week 1 (Monday November 3rd) - Ian
week 2 (Monday November 10th) - Jean
week 3 (Monday November 17th) - Shellie
week 4 (Monday November 24th) - Sandy

Might it worth sending an email about this Jenny? Might get a lot more interest if the newer members are aware of it.

I too was wondering about this just today actually. I might send one out this week. Thanks Alannah!

I'll take a week if it doesn't fill, Jenny

Me too Jenny, I'm not due for another go until December, but if you ever have a free week that no one is taking, I'm always happy to jump in. :) But I love Alannah's idea - the more different people who participate in Monday Poem the better!!

Thank you guys, I will try and get a message out this week.

Awesome Sandy! :)

I've been enjoying seeing the variety of different poems people are sharing. Your mission of exanding your horizons is a great one!

I'll message you when I get home - my lunch hour is technically up. If you can, message me some poem or type of poetry you've liked or even some topic, and based on that, I'll come up with some possibilities to look at :)

One I think you might connect with if you haven't read it already is "Ballad of Reading Goal" that Oscar Wilde wrote from prison. It's a long one. But such a sad, heartfelt poem - bitterly anger at Boise over his predicament and yet also shot though with tenderness & remorse. Scroll down past all the project Gutenberg boilerplate junk to get to the text of the actual poem. http://www.archive.org/stream/ballado...

Let me know what you think :)

Oh, I love Oscar Wilde's "Ballad of Reading Gaol" - it's heartbreaking!

Alice wrote: "Oh, I love Oscar Wilde's "Ballad of Reading Gaol" - it's heartbreaking!"

:)

Brilliant!! I've put both of you down.

Sandy, I knew very little about poetry when I started posting on the Monday poem thread but it's helped me start to develop an interest. There are loads of good websites such as poemhunter which are a good place to start browsing poems

Heather wrote: "Sandy, I knew very little about poetry when I started posting on the Monday poem thread but it's helped me start to develop an interest. There are loads of good websites such as poemhunter which ar..."

I was the exact same as Heather, I love the Monday poem.

I'll take one of the slots - oh maybe I'm not entitled yet - sorry can't remember when I posted one ...

Thanks for collating all the Monday poems so far, Jenny - that's fantastic :)

I've put you down for the second Monday Jean !

Aw thanks,my vision is a bit blurred from all that GR html business of linking, but that will pass ;)

Let me know what is left open and I will gladly participate. My only problem is (if I may ask) I might need a little reminder with the holidays coming up my work schedule as been a little hectic. I would love to read and learn new poems. Thanks for considering me.
Shellie

The third Monday is yours in that case! (I will try and remind myself to remind you! Between our two brains we'll manage)

For anyone else who would like to share a poem, I've just opened the Sign-Ups for December here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks Jenny it is most appreciated, I will take the third Monday. My husband always says two brains are better than one lol. Have a great weekend.

Thank you Jenny.

Yay Jean and Shellie!

Jenny, hi, my pick is Sylvia Plath's Daddy. Put me up for 3rd Monday of November, that's 17th of Nov. Does that work?

Noorilhuda, Shellie just beat you to it! ;). But we still have 5 weeks to pick from in December, would you like to post a poem then? I put you down for the first December week, let me know if this suits!

You can tell me here or over in the thread for December Sign-Ups: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Jenny that's just fine. Great thanks! Looking forward to it.

I just learned about this. I's like to sign up for December and share a poem from a New York poet named Garrett Buhl Robinson. Poetry is not my passion; however, once in a while I come across a poet that moves me emotionally.

Elisabet, december's full now. This is where you sign up for January
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Okay, thanks.

Jenny wrote: "If you would like to share one of your favourite poems during a week in November, please sign up below. Feel free to pick a specific week or just let me know that you would like to be part of The M..."
I love this idea and I will definitely participate. I am too pressed for time to do anything right at this moment but I will be in touch soon. Thanks for he great idea (although involvement in Good Reads is becoming a full time pursuit for me).

Bob, it's funny how Goodreads can actually get in the way of reading! ;)Our Monday Poems are filling up pretty quickly at the minute so I've just opened the Sign-Up Sheet for February 2015 which is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....

No rush though, this feature will be around for a while, so whenever you feel like it, let me know.