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Well, the magnetic poetry is starting to come in. :) My buddy Crystal called me yesterday and laughed at her attempts to do a poem, saying how hard it is to use someone elses words.

I agree. I am full of my own words, (and often full of so much else, but we won't go there, will we?) but the constarint of doing the peoms with the few words given was quite a challenge. Yet, I have to admit, I felt strangely happy with the results of both poems so far, possibly because it was not so easy, and the finished poem was still part of who I am. :)

With that said, I am going to compile a list of links to the magnet poetry the dancers have sent in so far, to make it easier for you to visit. Take a few moments and see what people have done, leave a comment when you can :) And, by all means, try it yourself. You're not going to let a few magnetic words beat you are ya? lol :)

Paul: Espresso Buzz

Paul: majik

Christina: Spring

Dawn (me): I know you

Tanya: Your Charm and Softness

Rachael Anne: I Drink Coffee

Dawn (me): I inhaled truth

Crystal: Grace Blazes Majestic

March Assignment!

Hello Dancers! Wow... it's been so long since I have done any writing I feel like my "poetry shoes" must have shrunk. I feel strangely nervous...lol!

But, as my title insinuates, the Poetry Dance hall is once again open and it's time for an Assignment!

Ever heard of refrigerator poetry? Those cool magnets you buy in a box, each is a word and everybody in the house can take turns rearranging the words to create a poem of their own?

Well, there are a few sites that have the same concept in mind, and your assignment for the next two weeks, dear dancers, is to create a poem at one of the following sites, and post it in your blog, or journal, or website. (Please make sure to include the link of the site you used to create the poem.) When you've posted your poem, post a link here at the Dance Hall so we can all visit your poem and oooh and Ahhhhh over your magnet word prowness!

The final date for the assignment will be Monday the 27th of March, so get 'em in while ya can :) You can post and link as many as you like.... no limits :)

There are no winners or losers in the assignments, this is for the pure fun of creation and sharing. So spread the word and let all of your buddies know, the more the merrier! I'll be choosing a few of my favorites to post here in the Dance Hall, I can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

Magnet Poetry Links:

Drops of Poetry

Magnetic Poetry

Here's one of mine, just as an example. I'll start putting everyone else's up soon!




Keep your eyes out, because I'll be posting the Poetry Challenge in the next couple of days! (The Challenge is a judged contest.... I'll post it by Friday!)

Dusting out the Cobwebs

Well, I deceided to close the Dance Hall for the Holidays right before Christmas, and I never got back to it.

For a variety of reasons I just kinda let it slip away, though a part of me has yearned to do more poetry play. I figured most people were not interested since I had left AOL, and I got busy with my photography business trying to get that off the ground.

But recnetlyly I started getting emils from people asking me where in the heck I was, and why I wasn't doing the Poetry Dance anymore.

And they are right.

So, I am cleaning some thngs up and this coming week I will post the first assignment I have posted in months, and close on it's heels I will post a new Contest. And thanks to some cool supporters there will even be some prizes. :)

Keep in touch people, if you want to play drop me a line here or there, send me Ideas or just a note saying if you want to participate. :) (dawnallynn@gmail.com)

Tell everybody, this one should be fun.

By the way.... anyone feel like helping me mop, dust or wax the floors?