Summary

The website content describes an invitation for poets to collaboratively create a "Loop" poem, where each line starts with the last word of the previous line, and contributors are instructed to read only the most recent comment to maintain the poem's continuity.

Abstract

The webpage outlines a creative initiative for poets to engage in a collective poetry project known as a "Loop" poem. This unique form of poetry requires each participant to use the last word of the previous line to start their own line, creating a seamless flow from one thought to the next. The project is open to all, regardless of their experience or recognition in the poetry community. Participants are encouraged to set comments to "MOST RECENT" to ensure the poem's organic growth without influence from earlier parts of the poem. The initiative emphasizes the importance of group thinking and the serendipitous nature of collaborative art, suggesting that the poem will unfold as intended by the collective of participating poets. The process is expected to last about a week, after which the completed poem will be published. The page also showcases previous successful collaborative poems and acknowledges the contributors to the ongoing project.

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The author believes that poetry collaboration can lead to unexpected and meaningful creative outcomes.
There is a deliberate avoidance of randomness, implying that the author sees a purposeful pattern in the way poets will contribute to the poem.
The challenge of simultaneous posting is acknowledged, with poets needing to check their contribution's position in the sequence.
The author expresses a willingness to make minor edits to the final poem, suggesting a curatorial role in the project's outcome.
The initiative is presented as an opportunity for poets to connect and share in the creative process, highlighting the value of community in artistic endeavors.
The use of a loop structure in the poem is intended to add complexity and a different dimension to the collaborative effort, diverging from the free verse style of previous projects.

Calling All Poets: When a Group of Poets Find a Loophole We Create

A call for poets to create a collaborative Loop poem

Following four successful collaborations, here is the fifth experiment. Don’t be shy - if you love to write poetry, please contribute, even if your name is not on the call list. It is a great way to connect with other poets and is a testimony of the creativity of group thinking. While this will appear random, I do not believe in randomness as being accidental. This poem will unfold as it is supposed to unfold by poets meant to come together.

While the other poems were free verse, we will spice it up this time by doing a Loop poem. A Loop poem uses the last word of the previous line and starts the next line with that ending word. No rhyming scheme. For example:

I took a pen and created a picture picture me, now ink for eyes eyes now have it it is one that makes no sense

All are invited to participate.

How this will work is that to participate, you must set comments to MOST RECENT (just click the ^ by Most Relevant at the top of the comment section).

If you are the first to comment, you can choose any theme. Do not be influenced by the title of this story or the image. You set the stage. Put #1 by your line. Say nothing else in that comment.

The second person reads only #1 and then responds with #2, starting their line with the last word of #1.

The third person responds to line #2 without reading #1. And then writes #3, incorporating their last word.

And so forth.

The biggest challenge is simultaneous placing. Check to see if you are the number you thought you were; someone may have beaten you. Adjust.

I will periodically (after my response) comprise the lines for viewing. I may make minor edits in the end.

It is important to read only the previous line and respond.

This work will be open in creation mode for about a week or until it utters its last breath.

Then there will be a subsequent posting with the complete poem.

Thank you all for participating. Let the creativity begin!

Photo by Pramod Tiwari: https://www.pexels.com/photo/train-carriage-on-foggy-night-with-full-moon-13970797/

STOP if you want to contribute and have not done so. Write your line first.

The growing poem

I had too many choices to choose from. Had to roll my dice right this time. Time for a dream coming to a screeching halt, not before the crown of thorns grabs ahold. Ahold as I kiss the morning leaf’s dew, taste the moon’s sweetness and drink in the pink sky. Sky high, I fly beyond the moon and stars, to reach the heavens, to soar with you. You clasp my waist with reverence, severance in sojourned trysts, encircling my nipples with your nymph tongue. Tongue is where the love is, we all know that, but will it last until dawn? Dawn reveals itself gradually, and we’re still entwined Entwined in each other’s arms, in a love that lasts forever Forever, she dreams — arrives suddenly, without warning Warning of golden glistening mornings, inflamed with vexing vicissitudes Vicissitudes that flowed with deep sensations Sensations felt as waves of reverberating vibrations that jostle the soul Soul navigating life’s fluctuating sea, each moment presents a crossroad, guiding our destiny. Destiny of what we make or assigned, still a mystery. Mystery is but a hoax, read the last chapter first First reveal the ending, unbind the narrative’s thirst Thirst for awareness might be a life long dedication Dedictation, the Mystery abounds among such sadly missed stories. Stories of souls dressed in words and clothes are but shallow imitations.

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Calling All Poets: When a Group of Poets Find a Loophole We Create

A call for poets to create a collaborative Loop poem

STOP if you want to contribute and have not done so. Write your line first.

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