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Random Poetry Postcards

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Swap Coordinator:ElizabethObviously (contact)
Swap categories: Paper Goods  Art  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:19
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:January 30, 2008
Date items must be sent by:February 21, 2008
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

When I first joined, this was one of my faorite swaps. I have not seen it done in a while so I am starting a swap for it!

What you will do is take a novel such as a romance or mystery novel. Count out every 10th word for 15 words. Then use those 15 words, in any order to make a poem. The poem will most likley not make alot of sense but try to rearrange them so they do.

When you get a poem you decorate 3 postcards. Please make sure you start out with a BLANK postcard and then you decorate it. Add your poem to the front of it. Send your postcard to each of your partners.

Its tons of fun seeing what kind of poems people come up with.

RULES:

  1. It IS international

  2. Newbies with references please :etsy, LJ store, ebay

  3. Feedback of 4.5 or above.

  4. Please do not cut a postcard from a cereal box and consider that decorated. Please do not just write out a 15 word poem and say that is what you got. I have had this sent to me before like that and it was not fun. The person took like 1 minute to do this.

  5. The postcard can be made in any medium. Digital art, mixed paper medium, even fabric. I once got a fabric one ( by the artist formerly known as Tassy) and it was just amazing! Be creative!!! I think I remember one time someone recieved a WOODEN postcard!

Any questions? Just ask!

Discussion

TerryF 12/31/2007 #

I was just thinking yesterday about doing one of these again Elizabeth - too funny! I'm in again!

ElizabethObviously 12/31/2007 #

Did you notice I mentioned you?? :D

szreader 12/31/2007 #

This sounds too fun & I'm in, also!!

TerryF 12/31/2007 #

Yes, I did - the artist formerly known as Prince and I are close friends lol

Moominbrooke 01/27/2008 #

Can we flesh it out with extra words if we keep them to a minimum?

Moominbrooke 01/27/2008 #

ps Glad to see Dada is still alive and well...:0)

ElizabethObviously 01/31/2008 #

umm no the point of the swap is to try and rearrange the words so the make a poem in half way sense. Trust me, they WILL NOT make sense. Most of the time it will start out as the the a night by for William...and you have to rearrange that. using extra words to flesh it out defeats the entire idea of this swap

boatingbelle 02/13/2008 #

Lunaria and szreader, your cards are in the post from UK.

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