Favorite Poets Postcards Int'l

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Swap Coordinator:	dorsia (contact)
Swap categories:	Themed Letters & Writing Postcards
Number of people in swap:	10
Location:	Other
Type:	None
Last day to signup/drop:	April 17, 2008
Date items must be sent by:	May 7, 2008
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
Lately I've been in the mood to delve back into old books of poetry -- and to look for new ones! Let's share our favorite poets with each other. You will make two handmade or altered postcards: #1: Create a postcard featuring a poem by one of your favorite poets, and #2: Find a poem you enjoy by one of your partner's favorite poets and create a postcard featuring it! It's up to you whether you put the actual poem on the front or back of the postcard! I hope this will give us the opportunity to discover new poets based on our partners' interests, and to share our favorite poets with each other. Be sure to post some of your favorite poets in the comments (and/or list them in your profile)! Once partners are assigned, you can look for poetry by any or all of these poets -- there's a lot of poetry available on-line, but I'll be using this as an excuse for a trip to the library! :) And yes, you will send both postcards to the same partner. This swap is international. You must have a rating of 3.5 or above. Newbies: please have a full profile and send me a quick message including your prior swapping experience. (I will angel this swap if need be.) Enjoy!

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dorsia 04/ 7/2008 #

My favorite poets include: Charles Bukowski, Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, and Wislawa Szymborska.

olawson79 04/ 7/2008 #

I'm excited to read some good poems! This will be fun!

greatghosts 04/ 8/2008 #

my favorite poets are: frank o'hara, larry levis, charles bukowski, and e.e. cummings.

Nanamint 04/ 8/2008 #

Some of my favorite poets are : T.S.Eliot, Sylvia Plath, Ezra Pound, E.E.Cummings, William Blake, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Linton Kwesi Johnson.

f1shnets 04/ 8/2008 #

I found you on postalpop! I've never made ATCs before but I've been looking for an opportunity and this sounds wonderful! My favourite poets: TS Eliot, Jack Kerouac, Margaret Atwood, Anne Sexton.

dorsia 04/ 9/2008 #

Welcome, f1shnets, glad you're diving into ATCs, but this swap is for postcards. ;D If you'd like to trade a couple of poetry-themed ATCs, I would be totally happy to have a one-on-one trade with you, just let me know! Hope you'll stay in this swap, too, though!

Looks like swap-botters have awesome taste in poets! I have to add after looking at this that I also love T.S. Eliot and William Carlos Williams.

I have a really neat Eliot book full of drafts and rarities, and a particularly funny raunchy poem.... :D

Beck 04/10/2008 #

Some poets I love (in no particular order) include Billy Collins, Rumi, Pablo Neruda and Adrienne Rich. If you have never read Pablo Neruda, you're missing out!

bluehairedmary 04/11/2008 #

Just a short list: Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, W. B. Yeats, Audre Lorde, Shin Yu Pai, and other modern and contemporary poets.

melis916 04/12/2008 #

Hi there all! :) I am so excited about this swap. Great idea, Dorsia!!!

My favorite poets are Anne Sexton, Jack Kerouac, Marjorie Agosin, and last but definitely NOT least... the beloved Pablo Neruda!!!

anwyn 04/13/2008 #

cool this looks good. i don't really know much poetry but blake, wordsworth and t.s elliot are the few poets i do know poems by.

anwyn 04/13/2008 #

shakespeare to

sweetsugartree 04/17/2008 #

i like e.e. cummings and shel silverstein (the guy that wrote the giving tree)

candyn 04/19/2008 #

Oops, i put these on my profile instead of here. Sorry!

My favorite poets are E.E. Cummings, W.H. Auden, Yeats, Carl Sandburg, Rilke, Shakespeare, Maya Angelou, Shel Silverstein, John Hollander and Wistawa Szymborska

Maiziemom 04/19/2008 #

My favorite poets are Dylan Thomas, Wallace Stevens, T.s. Eliot, e.e. cummings...

coffeeflavoredkisses 04/19/2008 #

Auden, Longfellow, Poe, Dylon Thomas, Yeats, Wordsworth, Edward Lear ( The Owl and the Pussy Cat, The Jumblies ) Blake, Milton ............... ALL

watchmespinning 04/20/2008 #

As far as well known poets are concerned: ee cummings is the answer!

dorsia 05/16/2008 #

Woohoo, it looks like everyone has sent! Hope everyone is enjoying their postcards and perhaps discovering a new poem or poet! :)

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