Angeline
Poet Chick
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2002
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Hello poets! Here it is almost Thanksgiving In America, with the December holidays and the end of 2025 fast approaching. That means it's time to firm up plans for 2026.
First off though thank you all for your contributions to the forum over 2025. The Poem-a-Week thread is thriving, Smiling_Lez has given us great Halloween and Thanksgiving challenges as well as her Choka thread. Jocelyn gave us her successful Tanka thread (with help from Alina and many others), and Red Lantern the Sijo thread which I've so enjoyed, Niv Kay has explored non-erotic poetry. All these are drawing more folks to the forum and that's the best thing that can happen imho because we learn from and support each other. I am grateful for each and every one of you, the new folks and the ones who stick around or show up periodically. It really is a privilege for me to write with all of you.
Yeah I know. I'm cheesy but also sincere.
So in 2026 we will have a Poem-a-Week challenge. It'll begin on 1/1/26 (or sooner if I can manage to post the thread before then: I know some of you like an early start) and follow the same rules like poems only (I'll amend the 2025 Poem-a-Week Discussion thread title to include 2026 so we can just continue posting challenge adjacent material there), and write what you like as often as you like or can. It's all good!
There will also be a 2026 Revision-A-Week challenge where you can take an old poem of yours and rewrite it. I think this thread should allow comments and feedback because they're an important part of revision. And this thread too will encourage weekly entries, but more or less frequent submissions are fine too. Whatever works for you. I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions about this thread.
Of course everyone is welcome to post in those challenges, any of our other ongoing ones, or start new ones. My only advice would be to check the threads to make sure you're not duplicating a prompt that's already in place (like Everyday Erotica or The Five Senses Challenge, for example).
Please feel free to share your ideas and recommendations for 2026 here. All comments are welcome. This place succeeds because all of you are here.
First off though thank you all for your contributions to the forum over 2025. The Poem-a-Week thread is thriving, Smiling_Lez has given us great Halloween and Thanksgiving challenges as well as her Choka thread. Jocelyn gave us her successful Tanka thread (with help from Alina and many others), and Red Lantern the Sijo thread which I've so enjoyed, Niv Kay has explored non-erotic poetry. All these are drawing more folks to the forum and that's the best thing that can happen imho because we learn from and support each other. I am grateful for each and every one of you, the new folks and the ones who stick around or show up periodically. It really is a privilege for me to write with all of you.
Yeah I know. I'm cheesy but also sincere.
So in 2026 we will have a Poem-a-Week challenge. It'll begin on 1/1/26 (or sooner if I can manage to post the thread before then: I know some of you like an early start) and follow the same rules like poems only (I'll amend the 2025 Poem-a-Week Discussion thread title to include 2026 so we can just continue posting challenge adjacent material there), and write what you like as often as you like or can. It's all good!
There will also be a 2026 Revision-A-Week challenge where you can take an old poem of yours and rewrite it. I think this thread should allow comments and feedback because they're an important part of revision. And this thread too will encourage weekly entries, but more or less frequent submissions are fine too. Whatever works for you. I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions about this thread.
Of course everyone is welcome to post in those challenges, any of our other ongoing ones, or start new ones. My only advice would be to check the threads to make sure you're not duplicating a prompt that's already in place (like Everyday Erotica or The Five Senses Challenge, for example).
Please feel free to share your ideas and recommendations for 2026 here. All comments are welcome. This place succeeds because all of you are here.
