Signup Post #2

[jjhunter]

Previous signup post here; I'll be going through the backlog there before moving onto the volunteers signing up on this post. Guidelines below are loosely modeled after those of the comm poetry, though please note that there are several important differences.

What does it mean to be a Poetry Host at POETREE? The weekly Poetry Host is responsible for posting at least three poems spread throughout the week as well as an optional meta post or question for the audience. Poetry Hosts run the gamut from poets (amateur & professional) to poetry enthusiasts, and from community members to guests from outside of Dreamwidth. All are welcome.

Leave a comment on this post to sign up to Host a week. If you are commenting anonymously (i.e. not as a signed-in Dreamwidth member or via OpenID), please include your name and a way for me to contact you in the comment.

I'll contact you when it's your turn in the rotation (going down the list of who signs up) and ask you if you're able to take the next week. If you are, that week is 'yours', and you'll be the Poetry Host that week. (If it's not a good week, no worries, just say so and I'll move you down the list. Just let me know as soon as possible so that I'll have time to contact the next person.)

During your week, you'll post at least three poems (yours, others' with their permission or permissive copyright, or some mix thereof) plus an optional meta post or question for the audience spread out during the week (no more than one every 12 hours or so, so people can have a chance to really engage with the poem or meta when it's posted instead of consuming it quickly and moving on to the next). If offline life interferes and you can't post the full set of poems, it certainly is not the end of the world, but please do think whether you'll be able to reasonably commit to the week when you're asked.

In addition, your first post should be an brief introduction post detailing whatever background about yourself you feel is relevant and would like to share as well as a rough overview of what you plan on posting for your week.

If you are not a Dreamwidth member, please email me your post content and I will post on your behalf. I can be reached at jjhunter24 at gmail dot com.

Weeks will run Monday - Sunday Saturday. [ETA: Sundays are now reserved for the weekly 'Sunday Picnic' post and the 'Climbing the Poet's Tree' challenges.] Expect to be contacted by the Friday before. Once you've finished out your week, feel free to comment again and say you'd like to do it again.

Poetry can be of any era, type, language, structure, etc. (If it isn't written in English, we'd like a translation, whether yours or someone else's.) When you're Hosting, your poems do not have to be on a particular theme, but if you'd like to make them themed, please feel free. A good place to start if you're looking for theme ideas is the themed weeks master post.

For more information re: formatting your posts and content guidelines, please see the Recommended Posting Format post.

If you'd like to host a future week, please comment here! I generally don't take signups for a particular week -- that would get messy fast -- but if your week rolls around and you can't take it due to life explosion, you can postpone. (In that case please do give me a sense of a better week or weeks for you to Host and I'll do my best to accommodate that.)

Comments

[avendya]

I would be interested in hosting a week.

[(Anonymous)]

Re. theme: I can do Palestinian poetry in translation? Also, sooner would be better than later -- next week would be ideal, but a) you probably already have that scheduled and b) you said we can't request specific weeks.

[jjhunter]

Hi avendya! I still haven't heard back from the person whose turn it is to Host next week, and the next six people on the list ahead of you have all indicated that they won't be available until later this month or next. If you're available to Host this upcoming week, Mon., Jan. 9th - Sun., Jan. 15th, it's all yours.

[avendya]

I can do that! [plots what poetry to post]

[snowynight]

I would be interested in hosting a week.

[jjhunter]

Wonderful! This is very late notice, but would you be interested in taking on this week? i.e. today through Sunday? Our confirmed Poetry Host for the week had something come up and had to abruptly back out.

If not, no big deal - we'll just go on hiatus for a week, and you'll be contacted again after next week's open/multi-Hosted week.

[snowynight]

Sure.

[alee_grrl]

I'd be interested in hosting a week.

[jjhunter]

Are you still interested & available for Hosting this upcoming week? The week runs from Monday, March 26th - Saturday, March 31st.

[alee_grrl]

I think I can manage that. No promises for more a full week like I managed last time I hosted, but I can promise a handful of fun posts for everyone.

[bookblather]

I would like to host a week of cowboy poetry, please.

[jjhunter]

Dear bookblather--
By anti-miracle of absent-mindedness, I completely neglected to contact you at the end of last week regarding whether you can Host this week. You're next in line: it's up to you whether you grab the rest of this week last minute (i.e. today through Saturday), or wait until next Monday to start.

[bookblather]

I can get it, I think. I probably won't be able to post more than three posts, but I can get it.

[jjhunter]

I'm up for doing another round.

[snowynight]

I'm up for doing another round.

[alee_grrl]

If you are still interested in hosting another week, would you be able to do next week (April 30 - May 6)?

[snowynight]

Sure

[lilmoka]

I'd be interested in hosting a week :D

[alee_grrl]

Would you be interested in hosting next week, the week of May 7 - May 13?

[serene]

I would be willing to give it a go.

[alee_grrl]

Yay! Would next week (June 4-10) be a good week for you?

[raze]

Hey, so I know I'm new to this group and not remotely competent at writing or deeply analyzing poetry, but if you ever need a host I have a decent collection of either activist poetry or wildlife poetry and could probably blather on the topic enough to get a conversation going?

[alee_grrl]

Hiya! You don't need to write poetry or even analyze it to be a host. We welcome posts on any and all topics relating to poetry and a week of activist poetry or wildlife poetry would be awesome! We love themed weeks like that. They often spark wonderful conversations.

When do you think you might be free to host?

[primeideal]

I would be up for hosting someday. I would need more information on what would be good themes/what poems I have rights to post, though.

[alee_grrl]

Any themes you are interested in are good themes in my mind. Also you do not have to have a unifying theme for the entire week. Hosts are asked to post a minimum of three posts for their week, more than that are welcome.

You may post poems in their entirety if they are within the public domain or you are able to get the author's permission to post. You are also welcome to post your own writing if you so desire. If a work is copyrighted and you are unable to get permission to post it, you may link to it if it published online. A good example of how this works is this post.

I am more than happy to try to answer any other questions or help in any other way that I can. Is there a particular week that might work for you?