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Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Welcome to Open Sorcery
Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series.
As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs! If you would like to add to this week’s poem, please allow these rules:
Do not edit the existing text.
Do not make changes to the font or formatting of the document in any way.
Add no more than one line (-10 words) per entry and no more than 5 entries per day.
Do not use copyrighted material (unless you are licensed to use it).
Do not use hateful or bigoted rhetoric of any sort.
Please also note the following:
Please feel free to add stanza breaks or play with the space on the page, but please do not add full page breaks or create excessive space between your entry and others’.
The document updates automatically here on the site about every 2-3 minutes, so please do not expect to see your entry added in real time.
If you would like to submit a title for a future week’s poem, please do so here!
A note on publishing rights:
If your entry consists of your own original material or you own first rights to it, you will retain all rights to it and may use it at your sole discretion in perpetuity. By adding your entry, you authorize The Poetry Society of New York, Inc. to reproduce, publish, or otherwise copy your entry and to share it online, in print, or through any other communication medium without necessarily receiving credit or compensation. Given the anonymous, collaborative, and open source nature of this project, we thank you in advance for your understanding on this.
Access this week’s poem here to add your writing!
The Cat Lifts Her Leg and Sees the First Leaf of Fall
Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Welcome to Open Sorcery
Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series.
As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
We Tasted Every Drop of Water in East River
Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Welcome to Open Sorcery
Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series.
As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Why Trains Are Destroying America
Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Welcome to Open Sorcery
Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series.
As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Some Bizarre Lamp Facts You Need to Know
Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Welcome to Open Sorcery
Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series.
As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Guide To Write a Post-Apocalypse Postcard
Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Welcome to Open Sorcery
Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series.
As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Emotion Dies Every Minute
Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Welcome to Open Sorcery
Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series.
As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
9 Reasons You Can Blame the Recession on Magic
Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Welcome to Open Sorcery
Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series.
As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
HOW TO QUIT YOUR DAY JOB AND FOCUS ON CONGRESS
Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Welcome to Open Sorcery
Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series.
As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
ASK YOUR DOCTOR WHAT MILLENNIALS REALLY THINK ABOUT SORCERY
Welcome to Open Sorcery - Clickbait’s open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. In the interest of creating some collective magic, we will be writing a new poem together each week using Google Docs!
Open Sorcery
Welcome to a new Clickbait series, Open Sorcery, an open source collaborative poem-writing series. As we all know, poetry is magic. We will be writing a new poem together each week in Google Docs in the interest of creating some collective magic! If you would like to add to this week’s poem, please follow these Open Sorcery commandments:
Thou shalt not edit the existing text.
Thou shalt not make changes to the font or formatting of the document in any way.
Thou shalt add no more than no more than one line (or 10 words) per entry and no more than 5 entries per day.
Though shalt break the line before adding your entry so that you leave the previous writer’s entry intact.
Though shalt not use copyrighted material (unless you are licensed to use it).
Though shalt not use hateful or bigoted rhetoric of any sort.
Please also note the following:
You may add stanza breaks or play with the space on the page, but please do not add full page breaks or create excessive space between your entry and others’.
The document updates automatically here on the site about every 2-3 minutes, so please do not expect to see your entry added in real time.
If you would like to submit a title for a future week’s poem, please do so here!
A note on publishing rights:
If your entry consists of your own original material or you own first rights to it, you will retain all rights to it and may use it at your sole discretion in perpetuity. By adding your entry, you authorize The Poetry Society of New York, Inc. to reproduce, publish, or otherwise copy your entry and to share it online, in print, or through any other communication medium without necessarily receiving credit or compensation. Given the anonymous, collaborative, and open source nature of this project, we thank you in advance for your understanding on this.
Commission your own personalized poem from one of our poets, and in less than a week, the PDF will be in your inbox! In your order notes, please tell us about your request, including any preferences as far as length, form, or content. For love poems and gift requests, please share a few details about yourself, the recipient, your relationship, how you met, your favorite memory, the specifics of the occasion, or anything else. The more thoroughly you describe your vision, the better we can service your needs!
Please note that our poets are more than happy to change a word or two after sending you a draft, but if you are dissatisfied with the poem in some major way and wish to request a global revision, there is an additional charge of $25 per revision. Global revisions may also delay your delivery date. We thank you for understanding!
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