Picnic Time

[jjhunter]

Sunday, every Sunday, let's have a community picnic. It's probably been a long week, and it's lovely to have a few minutes to sit back and relax and enjoy some good conversation in a less formal space. Feel free to bring something for the Picnic Basket - a poem you liked this week, a thought you had or something you experienced, or even something completely unrelated to poetry whatsoever that you just feel like sharing. Just take a moment to say hello, and maybe have a bite to eat; no one is going anywhere fast, and the shade promises some relief from the everyday heat. Let’s get to know each other a bit better, here under the branches of the poet’s tree.

Climbing the Poet's Tree: Challenges #13 and 14

[alee_grrl]

Congratulations to night_mare for winning Challenge #11, the write a sacred poem challenge. Thanks to all who entered, all the entries were wonderful. Congratulations to primeideal for winning Challenge #12, our readers challenge.

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For Writers:
Challege #13: This week raze shared some fabulous examples of activist poetry. This week's challenge is to write a poem on a cause near and dear to your heart.

For Readers:
Challenge #14: Write a short entry on your blog or in the comments section of this post about your favorite activist poem and if possible provide a link to the poem.

This week's prizes:
Winner of each challenge gets zir choice of 30 dreamwidth points (the equivalent of one month of paid time), or a icon or poem (any format, though some make take more time than others, and on a topic of your choice) by alee_grrl.

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Note that you do not have to be a member of POETREE, or even Dreamwidth for that matter, to participate. When you complete one of the challenges, please comment at this post with links to your poem or comments; if you complete both, please comment separately for each challenge. Deadline for challenge is Friday, June 8, 2012 at 11:59 EDT. Winners will be announced that Sunday.

Climbing the Poet's Tree: Volunteer Judges for the weekly writer's challenge needed

[alee_grrl]

So we have been asking community members (usually the previous week's winner) if they want to judge the upcoming writer's challenge. So far this has been done on a week by week basis, but it occurs to me it might be easier to just have a list of those interested in being volunteer judges and what week would be best for them (similar to how we handle hosting).

Requirements for being a judge on one of the weekly writer's challenges are minimal. You must let us know you are interested. That's about it. :) We set the deadline for the weekly challenge at 11:59 Eastern Standard (or Daylight--depending on time of year) Time so that our judge has all day Saturday to read through the entries and pick a winner. You send us the name of your chosen winner via private message. We announce the winner Sunday with the next challenge.

If you are interested in being a judge, please comment below. Questions and concerns are also welcome either via comment to this post or a private message to myself (alee_grrl) or jjhunter.

Thanks!