unpredictablebijou
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Alright. Some of you may remember the Naughty Poetry thread. People wrote sexy poetry, and then I took everyone's work to My Bar and gave it to Regular People, asking only if the work turned them on.
My thing is audience. If in fact we think we'd like to offer poetry to Regular People, (and I'm not saying that's a necessary goal that everyone shares, or anything) then we should test it on real audiences of regular, non-poet types, to see what they think.
So. Since we are specifically here because we are not just poets, but ostensibly erotic poets, our audiences are ideally turned on by our work.
The previous challenge worked way, way better than I ever expected. For reports on the Bar Poetry Sessions, if you're interested, read this thread, particularly the last couple of pages, in which the editing sessions are described.
So there are, in fact, a couple of people at the bar who have asked whether or not we will ever do that again. Can you believe it? They thought it was fun to read and critique poetry.
So let's do it again. The challenge, specifically, is generated by the Bistro Underwear Festival, and goes like this:
Write one or more pieces, of any length or style.
The topic can be anything, but it must contain some reference to some form of underwear.
Ideally, it will be a sexy poem, because when I print them and take them to the bar, I will make it into a contest. The single question will be: Pick the top three sexiest poems.
This will generate critique, argument and hilarious editing, if it's anything like last time.
The Winner will be named PF&D's Sexiest Underwear Poet, and will hold the title either indefinitely or until we do something else with underwear poems. You can even put it in your sig line if you want, and stuff. Second and third place will also be given laurel leaf crowns and suchlike.
Deadline is, let's see. September 5th. Completely randomly. But that's right after Labor Day so it seems like a good boundary.
You can write as many pieces as you want, and you may post them any time. I'll print them all out and take them in hard copy to the bar, probably for more than one session, just to make sure they hit as wide an audience as possible.
Anyone ELSE who wants to do the same, that is, print out everyone's stuff and take it to a public place and hold the same contest, is more than welcome to do so. Their results will be tallied along with mine.
Questions, discussion and threadjacking are all most welcome.
So I guess that's it. Good luck, you sexy things.
bj
My thing is audience. If in fact we think we'd like to offer poetry to Regular People, (and I'm not saying that's a necessary goal that everyone shares, or anything) then we should test it on real audiences of regular, non-poet types, to see what they think.
So. Since we are specifically here because we are not just poets, but ostensibly erotic poets, our audiences are ideally turned on by our work.
The previous challenge worked way, way better than I ever expected. For reports on the Bar Poetry Sessions, if you're interested, read this thread, particularly the last couple of pages, in which the editing sessions are described.
So there are, in fact, a couple of people at the bar who have asked whether or not we will ever do that again. Can you believe it? They thought it was fun to read and critique poetry.
So let's do it again. The challenge, specifically, is generated by the Bistro Underwear Festival, and goes like this:
Write one or more pieces, of any length or style.
The topic can be anything, but it must contain some reference to some form of underwear.
Ideally, it will be a sexy poem, because when I print them and take them to the bar, I will make it into a contest. The single question will be: Pick the top three sexiest poems.
This will generate critique, argument and hilarious editing, if it's anything like last time.
The Winner will be named PF&D's Sexiest Underwear Poet, and will hold the title either indefinitely or until we do something else with underwear poems. You can even put it in your sig line if you want, and stuff. Second and third place will also be given laurel leaf crowns and suchlike.
Deadline is, let's see. September 5th. Completely randomly. But that's right after Labor Day so it seems like a good boundary.
You can write as many pieces as you want, and you may post them any time. I'll print them all out and take them in hard copy to the bar, probably for more than one session, just to make sure they hit as wide an audience as possible.
Anyone ELSE who wants to do the same, that is, print out everyone's stuff and take it to a public place and hold the same contest, is more than welcome to do so. Their results will be tallied along with mine.
Questions, discussion and threadjacking are all most welcome.
So I guess that's it. Good luck, you sexy things.
bj
