[OBSOLETE] Themed Weeks Master Post

[jjhunter]

Old version of post preserved for the comments; please see the current updated iteration here.

Master Post for themed weeks at poetree, Hosted and non-Hosted alike.

Past:

lynnoconnacht: The Romantic Period

non-Hosted: Call For Anonymous Poetry (aka the Dirty Limerick week)

luzula: Reading Poetry Out Loud

multi-Hosted: Free Association Game

multi-Hosted: Poetry Complements

multi-Hosted: Unusual Poetry Formats

Last modified: 3/8/12 (updates still in progess)
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Prospective:

• sacred poetry
• poetry in translation
• unusual poetry formats (multi-Hosted week?)
• poetry recording fest
• genre poetry
• poetry jams/conventions
• avenues for finding/supporting poetry (survey of poetry publications, crowdfunding, etc. - how make this objective? multiple guest hosts representing different sources?)
• teaching poetry/academic poetry analysis
• historical poet mini-biographies
• html etc. tutorial for conveying poetry with precise spacing online/on Dreamwidth
• seasonal poetry
• prompted poetry (building relationships between poet + audience)
• exhaustive list of active poets (amateur and professional alike) on Dreamwidth
• multi-authored poetry
• National Poetry Month challenge - write a poem (haiku?) every day --> include links in daily roundup post
• editing poetry
• books/resources about poetry writing/reading/etc.
• questions for the audience (ever written a haiku? know any poems by heart? favorite poem? etc.)
• Writing exercises/practices
• etc.

Suggestions to add or refine the prospective themes much appreciated.