#Readathon Challenge--Poetry Angst! (11 PM-2 AM)

Welcome Readathon participants!

As the readathon approaches those difficult, dark hours of darkness and night, we'd like to challenge you to think about how you feel about all the reading you've done and all the lack of sleep you've had (and are still not going to get), all that time you've spent sitting on your poor backside and turn aaaaaaall those thoughts and emotions into a poem.

Write a haiku about that perfect seat that is comfy, but not so comfy that you fall asleep.

Write a love sonnet about how you miss your bed or an ode to your favorite author, who has gotten you through most of the day.

Write a dirty limerick about...something readathon-ish.

Whatever you prefer!

Here's the poem I would enter:

An Ode to Coffee

Coffee!  Coffee!  Coffeeeeeeeee!

You taste so good.

You keep my eyes scanning the page,

but you make my brain too jittery,

to understand the words.

Coffee!  Coffee!  Coffeeeeeeeee!

You certainly don't have to rhyme or use any specific poetic form.  Just take a few minutes to write a poem about your readathon experience and post it in the comments of this site (or post a link to your own blog where Monica and I can find your poem, if you prefer).

One super-awesome-cool participant will be chosen at random to receive a $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble.

And by "random" I mean, I'll read all of the entries and try to pick the one that amuses me the most or that feels like an authentic readathon experience that any of us could relate to.  But since I have the problem of my brain being jittery due to all the coffee, the selection process will wind up being pretty random.  Yay, random!

So, enter a poetic state of mind and...WRITE!