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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

The Tuesday Platform

Welcome to The Tuesday Platform!




Thought Toads might enjoy these short remarks by poet Nikki Giovanni today. She advises, quite simply:

Whatever you are writing
should be true to you.

 So on our free-style day, unscripted, unprompted... please share something true to you with us today.


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11 comments:

  1. brudbergNovember 24, 2015 at 3:23 AM

    A little ditty today... it's Ok to giggle, seems to fit for reading to Children :-)

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  2. FireblossomNovember 24, 2015 at 5:39 AM

    Happy Tuesday everyone!

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  3. Gillena CoxNovember 24, 2015 at 6:49 AM

    enjoyed the video very much; happy Tuesday all

    much love...

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  4. hedgewitchNovember 24, 2015 at 7:28 AM

    I have linked in an older poem, and will try to visit after the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate.

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  5. Kerry O'ConnorNovember 24, 2015 at 7:51 AM

    Corey asked me to do a reading of my last sonnet (written for his prompt last week)and i managed to catch up on a few other poems I've written lately, for those in the mood for spoken word.

    Thanks Marian.

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  6. colleenNovember 24, 2015 at 8:13 AM

    Nikki teaches nearby at VA Tech. I audited some of her classes in the '90s and have met her on several occasions. Here is one of those times: http://www.looseleafnotes.com/2014/05/she-may-have-been-late-but-she-had-great-shoes/ She recently read in my town for our art center.

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  7. MarianNovember 24, 2015 at 12:39 PM

    Ooooh, awesome, Colleen! I was lucky enough to attend a reading by Nikki at Chicago Public Library a number of years back. So great!

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  8. Susie ClevengerNovember 24, 2015 at 5:32 PM

    I'm going political with mine. :)

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  9. JimNovember 25, 2015 at 12:02 AM

    Thank you, Marian. For hosting today.
    AND for letting Nikki tell her story.
    I do like to write poems that are in story format, I am glad Nikki thinks this is good too. Mood? I like her advice on that also.
    Of course mine aren't her caliber, but ... (someday??).
    ..

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  10. Gillena CoxNovember 25, 2015 at 6:06 AM

    Colleen i went with your link; some nice memories there

    much love...

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  11. MunirGhiasuddinNovember 25, 2015 at 5:11 PM

    Great advise.
    Happy Thanksgiving

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