From GotPoetry, another kids and poetry reachout attempt. Carlos Contreras works at RFK High School in New Mexico. This year, he intends to get some poetry out there. He calls his project “Take a Poem – Leave a Poem” – though really, they are two separate projects.

Contreras will be putting up big bins on the walls at two different spots at RFK High. The two bins will be marked with the sign, “Take a Poem – and that”s just what he hopes students will do. He intends to fill the bins to the brim with – poems – poems collected from all types of poets, from all around the world, including city poets of all ages and styles.

“I want there to be poetry that they can relate to at their fingertips. In conjunction with the “take a poem” idea I am going to also create a “leave a poem” bin so that students can turn in work anonymously to be looked at. Anyone interested just email your poems to me as attachments and I”ll make copies of them and get them out. Thanks for your help on this. peace and love,
Carlos”

If you”re interested in participating in this project, email Carlos ( soothxsayer@yahoo.com ) a poem of yours along with a short blurb of who you are and what you are about.

He”d be glad to hear from you. And you can be content in the fact that you are helping to spread the poetry around. Drop one of your poems to Carlos in an email, and think of it as casting manna on the waves.