Assistant to the Regional Poem Elf

My tenth anniversary of blogging at Poem Elf arrives this May, and I need some help to mark the occasion. Not good wishes, thank you very much. I’m looking for elf assistants and elfettes—or if those terms are gag-inducing, how about—Poem Posters.

 

 

Here’s what I’m asking: put a copy of a poem in a public space (or as public a space as you have access to, given coronavirus restrictions), take a picture, and send to me. I’ll post as many as I get through the month of May.

 

 

 

Guidelines:

 

1. Post a previously published poem. Not your own poem or your grandmother’s poem, or the poem of some up-and-comer in your poetry circle. Sorry for the limitation, but that’s how this blog has always worked.

 

 

2. Choose a shorter poem if possible. Be sure to include the poet’s name.

 

 

3. Take one close-up picture so the text is readable, and one context picture farther away so the surroundings are clear.

 

 

4. Let me know where you placed the poem. Bonus if you tell me why, and/or what the poem means to you and why you chose it. If you want you can write a full-length post.

 

 

5. Here’s the important part: do not send your picture and commentary to the comment section of this blog. Email to me at thepoemelf@gmail.com.

 

 

 

That’s it! Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.

 

 

I’ll send periodic reminders of this project. Hope they don’t get irritating.