At The 5-2: "Enter the Sandman..." by Nyla Alisia

This week at The 5-2, the first of four love- or passion-themed crime poems in February, "Enter the Sandman: 31S love affair".

Also, many dates are still open for the 30 Days of The 5-2 April blog tour.

#verseday Football

#verseday is a Twitter hashtag I came 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.

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, February 3. My topic this week is football.

Write a poem about football by noon Friday, February 3.

30 Days of The 5-2 Blog Tour

Last year, we had a blog tour to promote The Lineup #4 through April, National Poetry Month. I'm planning a similar tour this April, including five Monday stops at The 5-2.

All dates are open as of now except these five Mondays (April 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th). If you'd like to participate, pick your favorite 5-2 poem so far, and prepare an entry to post to your blog on an April date of your choice. If you don't have your own blog but would like to participate, e-mail me your entry and I'll post it to The 5-2.

The content and format of your entry are up to you. Expound on why you like the poem, interview the poet, whatever you'd like to do.

E-mail g_so AT yahoo DOT com to book a tour date, and I'll fill it in on the tour schedule.

Also, I have yet to choose the 5-2 poems for April. I expect the site will get more visitors for National Poetry Month, but I have the same high standards for the April poems as for any on the site. Submit today.