Thursday, December 08, 2011

#verseday January

#verseday is a Twitter hashtag I've come up with to promote poetry writing. I invite Twitter people to suggest poetry topics by noon Eastern each Thursday. Participants must then draft poems by noon Eastern Friday. The resulting poems can be submitted anywhere, including The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly and NoirCon's First Annual Poetry Contest.

Even if you've never written a poem before, you're invited. Taking the time to think poetically can help your creativity on other projects. If you'd like to participate, tweet your topics, tagged #verseday, by noon Thursday, December 8. My topic this week is January.

Write a poem by noon Friday, December 9, about whatever January brings to mind. Incidentally, The 5-2 has two spots open in January 2012 that you could fill if you participate in this week's #verseday challenge.

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