Take inspiration from Mary Ruefle and send somebody a poem today. Here’s what she says about her lockdown project to send 1,000 people poems:
[T]he rule is no poems of my own are included. These are poems written in all centuries from all over the world. Some are contemporary American. Some are ancient Chinese. Some are Spanish poems that have been translated, or French poems or Norwegian [poems]. You know, it’s everything.
I have in my possession a phone book for every county in Vermont, and I choose them randomly. There is no way for me to know the reaction. But that’s part of it. It’s sort of a random act of poetry, an act of surprise, anonymity, and I’m quite sure that half of them end up in the trash and are met with confusion. But I’m also confident that some of them hit the right person at the right time.
“Snail Mail” flickr photo by Me in ME shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
Post your response to @[email protected] and be sure to include the hashtag #tdc4488