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Random Poetry Game #1

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Swap Coordinator:user5486 (contact)
Swap categories: Themed 
Number of people in swap:7
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:March 15, 2007
Date items must be sent by:March 30, 2007
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

I got this idea from a zine. I plan to run this game/swap every month.

Instructions:

  1. Photocopy a stanza of four to five short poetic lines. It could be something that you wrote or your favorite poem.

  2. Cut them apart and shuffle them up in an envelope. Then lay all the pieces out together and organize them into a new poetic form.

  3. Photocopy the poem that you have just created.

  4. Return all of the original pieces to the envelope. Mail the new copied poem and the envelope with the original pieces to your partners.

Each person will have three partners. This is an international swap.

*The idea is that if we do this every month. Then you get more poetry pieces to make longer and bigger poems.

Discussion

beckra 03/ 8/2007 #

Dear Kimmie--This sounds fun; I'm in! Should we tell our partners the author of the original poem, or is that supposed to be a mystery?

user5486 03/ 8/2007 #

You can say who the original author was.

evacorges 03/14/2007 #

beckra - actually you probably should say who the original author is, given copyright rules. And it is fair to give credit where credit is due.

user960 03/15/2007 #

Yay, I'm done with mine ... Now I just need my partners. :D

beckra 03/15/2007 #

I'm done with mine, too; just waiting to be partnered up! I hope you do this kind of swap each month, Kimmie, as you mention in the description. I'm not sure how successful my new poems are, but I loved doing it....

user3051 03/16/2007 #

well my 2 went out this morn, and i see one of mine is on it's way yipppie! i would soo sign up again. i wish now that i had gone the extra step and backed them with magnetic paper so we could be actually creating our own magnetic poetry kits

~~~maybe next time around???? how easy should it be? anyone know?

user960 03/20/2007 #

I dropped mine in the mail today to Barbara, Kimmie, and beckra. :D Hope they get there soon!

user3051 03/22/2007 #

received a very interesting poem from pickle today

i REALLY like the mythological reference and the knitting, too (i am very fond of Penelope & her story)

beckra 03/28/2007 #

I received an envelope from JeweledClaws today--thanks!

SueFitz 03/29/2007 #

Received poetry from Rebecca in AR, and Pickle in Canada

user3051 04/ 6/2007 #

i think i only received one so far -- from pickle -- when did the other 2 get sent??

and i just read that i only sent 2???? hmm....did i forget someone?? let me know -- i sent out so long ago i can't recall if i sent 2 or 3 now and looking at the addresses is NOT helping me jog my memory!! argh

user3051 04/16/2007 #

sleeping traveler it arrived today and had a little note about having been returned due to being "non-machineable mail" BUT it is here now!

still nothing from sue fitz!

and no word or rating from Kimmie yet -- ???

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