Poetree: Weekly Round-up for February 12-18 and Signal Boost for the Upcoming Week

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Last up on our poetree weekly round-up catch-up fest is the week of February 12-18. This week was hosted by dave_bonta, and his posts where all centered around the theme of poetry and research. Lots of great stuff can be found in the six posts that dave_bonta shared with us this week.

Poetry Host dave_bonta's Posts and Associated Poems:

In which I introduce myself and the topic I chose for the week, plus another topic I didn't
-Intro

Poem: Cibola (excerpt) - researching and writing an epic poem
-poem: Cibola (excerpt)
-meta (see post title)
-commentary

Poem: "How Glass Breaks: Four Theories"
-poem: "How Glass Breaks: Four Theories"
-commentary

Poem: "Purple Sea Urchin"
-poem: "Purple Sea Urchin"
-commentary

Poem: "Miterwort"
-poem: "Miterwort"
-commentary

Meta: poetry and research
-meta (see post title)

Highlights from the comments:
jjhunter highlights a very useful and fun resource community, leftoverresearchquarterly.

lnhammer and dave_bonta have a fabulous conversation about book length narrative poems, which includes lots of recommendations for excellent modern examples.

ysabetwordsmith and dave_bonta discuss self-publishing and collaborative works.

ariestess:
Depending on what I'm researching, I use my friends and their knowledge a lot. Even if they just do their own brand of Google-fu to send me interesting links.

Upcoming host for next week is lnhammer.