Attempt to Create the World's Longest Poem

Members of my forum at www.mywriterscircle.com are attempting to create the world's longest poem. The project has been spearheaded by MWC stalwarts Allie and Fordy. In her introduction, Allie says:

Our poem is a collaborative attempt to write the longest poem in the English language. By posting to the poem each contributor, while retaining copyright in his or her contribution, waives editorial rights in the context of The Longest Poem.

The poem is a journal of the lives of its writers, both personal and social. Write about your day, about what's going on around you or in the wider world, how you feel about particular social issues or, in fact, about anything at all.

The poem reflects the fact that it is a meeting of many minds and cultures, and so different styles and content are welcome, with the proviso that abusive, vulgar or otherwise objectionable material will be removed. The all-over style will be that of free verse. Any poetic device is permissible, with the exception that there should not be more than two end rhymes in any one contribution.

Anyone is welcome to contribute to this project, though you will of course need to be a forum member and logged in. If you are interested, go to the World's Longest Poem topic and read Allie's introduction. This sets out the rules (there have to be some) that contributors must follow, and the format in which contributions are to be presented. Read through the entries submitted so far, then if the mood takes you add a few lines yourself.

Finally, please note that the above link is ONLY for contributions. There is a separate thread for questions or comments about the project on the Writing Games and Challenges board - click here to go to this topic.