graham.dickie

National Poetry Day is on the 5 October and I would like to invite you to accept a challenge.

Can we create a poem between different schools, within two hours, on the day, using email to sent the poem onwards?

(UPDATE: I would appreciate doing this on the Wednesday- so the poem is ready for the Thursday)

We were able to write a short story between four Argyll schools for National Book Day, so I know its possible. I realise we could use Wikis for this, and they would be ideal, but as not everybody is familiar with them yet, I’d like to try email first.

What I propose is that our class here in Kilchrenan starts the poem with a theme and and sends out for the first, simple stanza along the lines of:

Theme: Cats

As black as coal

lying in the cellar.

This would be sent on so that another line could be added such as: As fierce as lions, hunting in packs. The fourth stanza would return to Kilchrenan where our contribution would be to add a summary stanza like:

Were Mrs Smith’s moggies

Fluffy and Snout!

All we need is to set a time on the day (I suggest the morning- 9.30-11.30) and some people to join in. Is your school, your class, up for a poetry challenge?