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One line of poetry can work like a spell, conjuring a memory for one person and pulling gospel from someone else. A Line Meant, a project originated by Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Dasha Kelly Hamilton, employs lines from published poems to connect the creativity of neighbors and the humanity of strangers.

How it Works: Whatever the poetry line makes you think of or feel, let that be the beginning of your own poem. Upload your poem draft (best to cut and paste, using "CRTL+Shift+V"). You'll have until Midnight on the last day of the month to edit your poem before it's added to the exchange. At month's end, you'll receive a poem from someone else who wrote to the same prompt. You'll be able to view all the poems written to the prompt and recommend your "Must Read" favorites.

Analog: For writers without internet access or computers, we welcome handwritten and mailed poems. The poem matches will be shared via postal mail.

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One line of poetry can work like a spell, conjuring a memory for one person and pulling gospel from someone else. A Line Meant, a project originated by Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Dasha Kelly Hamilton, employs lines from published poems to connect the creativity of neighbors and the humanity of strangers.

How it Works: Whatever the poetry line makes you think of or feel, let that be the beginning of your own poem. Upload your poem draft (best to cut and paste, using "CRTL+Shift+V"). You'll have until Midnight on the last day of the month to edit your poem before it's added to the exchange. At month's end, you'll receive a poem from someone else who wrote to the same prompt. You'll be able to view all the poems written to the prompt and recommend your "Must Read" favorites.

Analog: For writers without internet access or computers, we welcome handwritten and mailed poems. The poem matches will be shared via postal mail.

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September
Stage : Winners Announced

Empty chairs make a racket

3 Submit poem

The galaxy flowers and spins

2 Submit poem
August
Stage : Winners Announced

Into the mumble of birds

3 Submit poem

Here you still are, slow dancing

2 Submit poem
July
Stage : Winners Announced

Against the grey crest of clouds

3 Submit poem

Roots are tough as dreams

6 Submit poem
June
Stage : Winners Announced

Blushed with a hint of the devil

3 Submit poem

Find food for the words

3 Submit poem
May
Stage : Winners Announced

In multi-colored splendor, still

3 Submit poem

We are magic dying

4 Submit poem
April
Stage : Winners Announced

Somehow it seems like yesterday’s rain

9 Submit poem

Old rhythms find the hands

7 Submit poem
March
Stage : Poem Submission

Once sweet with aging pears and autumn breezes

17 Submit poem

Our pulses are the waves, humanity the moon

11 Submit poem
February
Stage : Winners Announced

In the bough of an anxious frenzy

15 Submit poem

Angels and gods slow to mention who they might be

12 Submit poem
January
Stage : Winners Announced

Every distance seemed like an opening

18 Submit poem

Until the moon tapped on her window, calling her name

16 Submit poem

The cool water is hard to gulp down

16 Submit poem
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