Every year, for no discernible reason, I (try to) write a poem a day for 100 days on a set theme.
Previous years have featured
100 Sestinas
100 different poetry forms
100 100-word stories
100 answers to kids’questions
100 pandemic sonnets and
100 poems about monsters
This year I will be writing 100 poems to order based on “commissions” by children.
If you know a kid who would like to suggest a poem, please do get in touch with their suggestion. No charge, but if they like the poem I’d love it if they provided an illustration (which I’ll add to the blog post and, should this ever turn into a book, the book – with their permission, of course!)
At the time of writing 12 poems have already been commissioned by my friends’ kids, with topics including glitter and unicorns. beans. Pokémon (and diversity), Andy Goldsworthy, a woman who may possibly be a goldfish and. somewhat expectedly, poo.
The project will commence, as always, on March 14th (my birthday).
Submit any requests in the comments or to my twitter, @Tom_S_Juniper. First name (or preferred pseudonym) and age of child would be appreciated.
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