Father's Day Picnic

[alee_grrl]

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 #15 and 16

[alee_grrl]

Congratulations to ashestosnow for winning Challenge #13, the write an activist poem challenge. Thanks to all who entered, all the entries were wonderful. Congratulations to untonuggan for winning Challenge #14, our readers challenge.

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For Writers:
Challege #15: As we are now well into summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, this week's challenge will be to write a haiku on summer.

For Readers:
Challenge #16: Do you have a favorite poem about summer? Share it with us in the comments or on your own blog (with a link to that post in the comments here). Please provide a short explanation about why it's your favorite summer poem (can be that you like the particular wording or rhythm, explanation need not be long or complex).

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 22, 2012 at 11:59 EDT. Winners will be announced that Sunday.