The 365 Day Collage Poetry Challenge

I've been inspired by World of Cow where Stik produced a cow cartoon every day for 365 days, so I've set myself a daily collage poetry challenge.

From April 1, I will produce a new collage poem every day and this is not an April Fool's joke. I want to stretch myself and challenge my creativity even on the days that the muse wants to run and hide.

My only disclaimer is that I will not be able to post the poems every single day, as there will be days that I have no internet access such as Easter, but on these occasions, I plan to catch up with multiple postings, separately dated.

I'm thinking of having some sort of penalty if I don't meet my challenge. Any suggestions?

Meanwhile, to warm up, I'll post the collage poem I completed at the Writers Retreat for my friend Jennifer, who is seeking a new life in Melbourne.

Here is Enough Already!

Copyright 2007 Diane Curran

Enough Already!

Bad Dreams

Alien Sighting

Life is really shit

Bugger it!

Enough Already!

Get Happy

Know thyself

Make an impact...

Write the word

Use it or lose it

Art is important

Literally

Tap into your gut instinct and trust your inner voice

Words to Fly By

Do Not Disturb

Another poem from the black and white series. DO NOT DISTURB

I composed another poem last week during our writers' retreat. I hadn't planned on doing any collage poetry while I was away and I didn't take any magazines with me. However, I discovered an envelope full of words in the side of my suitcase, words I must've cut out when I was in Adelaide and composed a poem to cheer up Jen, who has moved to Melbourne, and hasn't yet found the life she was looking for. It's incredible how the right words were exactly what I needed.

I've purchased some old Dolly mags off ebay (from the 80's) because I want Nicky, the character from my novel Diary of the Future, to construct some more teen-angst collage poems. But I've yet to receive them. I emailed the seller two weeks ago and she said she'd send them in a couple of days but I'm still waiting.... Grrr!

New poem

It's been a long time since I uploaded any new collage poetry to this site. Here is one from the black and white series. I was going to bring you an R-rated one but it is hiding at the moment, and hasn't been scanned. Next time....

I saw a piece of an Australian short film last night (I was channel surfing), and I noticed one of the characters had word collages stuck all over his walls. Of course, I wanted to read them. But the camera never got close enough.

For now, I'm off to edit Diary of the Future - 50 hours in March for Nanoedmo, and I haven't even started yet. Thankfully, it's only day 3, and it's the weekend!