Enter the Virtual Poetry Jam: 21 hours left!

Photo by Melanie Innis via FlickrIt started a week ago after I watched this video of three-year-old Samuel Chelpka reciting Litany by Poet-Laureate Billy Collins. It's a beautiful piece presented by a beautiful child. 

I wanted to encourage poetry to be read aloud, so I issued an invitation: share your poetry here as part of the first Virtual Poetry Jam by recording yourself (or your child) reading a poem (yours or someone else's) and leaving the link in the comment field here, and, at the end of a week, I will choose one person to receive a $50 Amazon gift card. 

I've loved the responses so far. I also know there are a few of you holding out. 

So, bring out your poetry. You still have 21 hours left to share some beauty with the world. I'd love to see a few kids share their stuff, too, so if you have children, see if they'd like to enter.

And, if nothing else, sit down with someone you love--your lover, your child, your parent, your friend, your dog--and read some poetry aloud. But be forewarned--it's addictive!

See you in the comments!  

Comments

[Sofie Dittmann]

You made me do this, so this better be a winner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F2fWRIHaBA. "Ottos Mops".

[John Lorson]

Denice, you've created a monster! Here's another one! (hope we weren't limited to only one entry!)

http://youtu.be/XHBQgMgISk8

[Denice Rovira Hazlett]

Oh my goodness! I'm nearly speechless.

John, there's no limit. You can enter as often as you like as long as you enter before 5 pm. EST.

Sofie, I love the nose. :-) Good luck to both of you!

[Laura Alvarez]

OK, here you go! This is a poem that my grandfather asked me to bring to the nursing home and read to him a couple of weeks before he died.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvn-yZtp4E