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August 10, 2008 Tuesday August 12 is Bad Teenage Poetry Blogging Day 
So you think you're tough. You've blogged about tricky political issues like bigotry or homelessness. You've bared your soul to the internet about your personal relationships or failures as a parent. You've admitted to liking bad tv shows, sloppy books, boy bands. You have let typos stand for the ages. Now it's time for a real challenge. Superlagirl has declared this Tuesday Bad Teenage Poetry Blogging Day. That's right. Find the most horrendous, melodramatic, angst-ridden piece of quasi-poetry you can find and share it with the entire planet for all eternity. (Note that this is BAD Teenage Poetry Blogging Day. If you have any good teenage poetry, you are expressly forbidden from posting it. You must dig up a piece of crap.) My instincts are warning me away from it, but something atrocious will be here on Tuesday. Missed the day? I'm sure Superlagirl won't mind if you participate after the fact. In other words: Wednesday is no excuse. Now we'll finally separate the real bloggers from the pretenders. Posted by Andrea at August 10, 2008 8:56 AM under Wordsmithery EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Comments If I can brave the dreaded Box in the Basement without throwing my back out, I might just be in on this one. Posted by: TrudyJ at August 10, 2008 12:39 PM
Oh, this is going to be fun. Posted by: Superlagirl at August 10, 2008 3:37 PM
What about bad grown up poetry day. :-P :) Posted by: rachel at August 10, 2008 6:10 PM
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