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Cento Poetry Challenge

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Swap Coordinator:beckra (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Letters & Writing 
Number of people in swap:9
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:July 25, 2008
Date items must be sent by:August 11, 2008
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

A cento is a poem composed entirely of lines taken from already published poems by different authors. The word "cento" means "patchwork," and you can think of a cento as a verbal quilt made up of fabric (=lines) from different sources, sewn together.

For this swap, each participant will create a cento of at least 8 lines and will send it to 2 partners. You shouldn't use more than 1 line from any given poem, though you can borrow from multiple poems by the same author. Also, be careful to alter nothing in the original lines except punctuation and capitalization, and please make sure you include a key to your cento in which you list the authors and poems from which your lines are taken. Also include English translations in your key if some (or all) of your cento is in a language other than English.

In earlier rounds of this swap people have asked if song lyrics can 'count' as poetry, and I say, 'yes'--so they're fair game for you to use if you want.

How you present your cento is up to you: typed, hand-written, composed out of letters clipped from magazines, or whatever feels right!

Fine print: 1) Unrated swappers are welcome. 2) Swappers with a rating below 4.9 or with a concern-raising profile will be dropped before partners are assigned. 3) This is an international swap.

Crack open your volumes of poetry, and enjoy!

Discussion

Angel 07/18/2008 #

YAY! I was in the last Cento Poetry Challenge, I enjoyed it so much,I'm glad your doing another. Angel

LMNtalAlchemy 07/18/2008 #

Yow, this is NOT going to be easy. Most of the cento I saw online was about five lines on average. I'm up for the challenge! BRING IT! :)

beckra 07/19/2008 #

I'm glad to see folks are up for this!

AngelFaeryKathleen 07/22/2008 #

Yay, thank you I love these, hugs :-)

AngelFaeryKathleen 07/22/2008 #

Yay, thank you I love these, hugs :-)

AngelFaeryKathleen 08/10/2008 #

Mine are on their way to SuperBad and Catherin9, enjoy :-)

AngelFaeryKathleen 08/10/2008 #

Mine are on their way to SuperBad and Catherin9, enjoy :-)

HydroNymph 01/16/2009 #

Hey all. Wanted to invite you to my poetry group in case you are interested :) heres the address http://www.swap-bot.com/group/59d7471e3aeecb964eb86c2691fd3482/about

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