Non-Hosted Week: Free Association Game

[jjhunter]

Given how busy everyone seems to be right now, our theme for this upcoming week will not focus exclusively on a poetry audio recording fest like I initially suggested. Instead we'll have a free association game week. What does that entail? For each day someone different will post a poem, a sentence fragment/prompt, an image, or a song link. Your task will be to do at least one of the following at least once each day: a.) respond to the post or a comment with a poem that the post or comment reminds you of; b.) do an audio recording of a poem in the post or comment threads and link to it in your reply (SoundCloud is your friend for uploading); or c.) respond to one of the poems in the comment threads with a song link or a small image (with link to source) that it reminds you of.

For the purposes of this week alone, while alternatively published, non-published, or public domain poetry is preferred (yours or others'), contemporary traditionally published poetry is also fair game.

Please comment to this post to claim a day; days will be assigned on a first come, first served basis, and I'll fill in for any that are unclaimed.

MONDAY (12/12): alee_grrl
TUESDAY (12/13):
WEDNESDAY (12/14):
THURSDAY (12/15): georginasand
FRIDAY (12/16):
SATURDAY (12/17):
SUNDAY (12/18):

Comments

[alee_grrl]

I'll take Monday. :)

[jjhunter]

Sold! ;o)

[georginasand]

This is such a cool idea. I have very much wanted to host, but a whole week felt so overwhelming. Plus, it will get me off my butt and actually participating rather than just reading and lurking.

May I have Thursday?

Thanks,
Georgie

[jjhunter]

Thursday is yours! Glad to hear from you, and I look forward to (free) associating* with you this week!

Re: hosting, why not start start small and work your way up? Comment more often, even if it's just a few words saying that you read the post & liked it/disagreed/thought x/etc.

Hm. I suspect the thought of Hosting might seem less overwhelming if you had an email draft or a .doc somewhere where you could put down snippets of thoughts or poems that you'd enjoy sharing as they occur to you/you encounter them. If you had that running for a couple of weeks, I bet you'd find the minimum three poem-posts requirement easy to meet & maybe even have enough to quickly throw together a.) some thoughts re: whatever poetry-related thing might delight, or b.) a question for the audience that you think would stimulate an interesting discussion.

Either way, it's wonderful to have you here & I hope that the upcoming week lives up to your expectations!

* Sorry for the awful pun; I couldn't help myself. ;o)