Dear Friends, 

Here’s a collective, constructive, fun and hopefully personal exchange.  It’s a one-time   
thing and we hope you will participate.  We have chosen those we think would be willing and would enjoy this.  Please send a poem  to the person whose name is in position 1 below (even if you don’t know him or her). 

It should be a favourite poem  that has affected you in difficult times.  Don’t agonize over it.

1.    Fleur Blum: thepyromaniacs@hotmail.com
2.    Chris Ringrose cringrose@aol.com

After you’ve sent the short poem/verse/quote to the person in position 1, and only that person, copy this letter into a new email. Move my name to position 1, and put your name in position 2. Only my name and your name should show in the new email.  Send it to 20 friends BCC (blind copy). 

If you cannot do this in five days, let us know so it will be fair to those participating (note: or just ignore, no pressure!) It’s fun to see where they come from.  Seldom does anyone drop out, because we all need new poems from new people.  The turnaround is fast, as there are only  two names on the list. This takes about 8-10 minutes and is well worth the time.

Dr Christopher Ringrose
Co-Editor, Journal of Postcolonial Writing
Co-Editor, Studies in World Literature (Ibidem Press/Columbia UP)
My Recent Poems: http://www.cringrose.com