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The Friday Poegle Contest: “My Mother”

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:13:33 +0000

Dear Poeglers,

We received a number of fine poegles from poeglers around the country this week. The winner of the prized plastic segmented jump rope is writer and artist Ron Diorio, who not only scoured more than 300 pages of search results to create his creepy, sparse poegle, Night Light, but also created the first-ever video poegle, combining his poegle with his visual art in a voice over. You can view this extraordinary video contribution here.

We also received a fantastic submission from Amy Keresztes, Four Nights of a Dreamer. A literature class in Virginia sent in a batch of fine poegles on the subject “Everything Happens for a Reason”. The entire class did poegles based on that as a search phrase. All of these submissions are now posted in our archives . In your humble Editor’s opinion, among the best was Six Little Marks on the Ground, Six Lanterns Hanging on Six Ropes by Emily. All of this week’s fine submissions are below.

It has been a busy week in the world of poegling. We launched our first philanthropic effort to bring poetry to the nation’s youth through DonorsChoose.org. We also launched a Poegles Facebook page- become a fan here.

This week’s theme for the Friday Poegle Contest is “My Mother”. We invite poegles crafted with any phrase related to the subject- such as “while in the womb” or “my mother used to tell me”.

As always, happy poegling!

Best regards,

The Editors

Everything Happens for a Reason (2)

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:43:50 +0000

Another poem from the literature class at Roanoke College:

It Happened So Slowly, She Didn’t Notice

If he’d just given up

instead of trying so damn hard,

she’d have no illusions about her status.

It had happened before,

one is enough, two is a conspiracy.

His heart just wasn’t in it.

All he had to do was say

“Look, I can’t do it.”

It’s as simple as she’d come to expect.

Everything happens for a reason though.

-by Kylee from Massachusetts (search phrase “everything happens for a reason”)

Everything Happens for a Reason

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:10:23 +0000

We have a great set of submissions from a creative writing class at Roanoke College in Virginia. Using the phrase ‘everything happens for a reason’, with some modifications, the students have generated ten great poegles, each with a unique take on the form. Here’s the first- we’ll continue to post these throughout the week.

Simple As Can Be

Did I say “Simple as can be?”

I find this implausible.

Tom is quite Frank,

“There is somebody who’s doomed anyway.”

With no other conversation,

James recognizes the inconsistency,

but tries to cover it up.

“He gave up.”

“His heart wasn’t in it.”

“Look, I can’t do it.”

No one hears James say this.

He pretty much lost it.

“It doesn’t make sense to get rid of me.”

Tom says those words we’ve been dying to hear.

“Everything happens for a reason.”

It’s as simple as can be,

you gotta think that.

… by Jordan from Virginia