Charlapalooza is a blog game that sprouted on my old Myspace
blog back in 2006. I was writing a
semi-successful blog about life, the universe and everything and wanted to be
more interactive with my audience. Back
on the Space, people would actually comment on blogs but I wanted more. I figured that I enjoy challenging myself
and, since I am NOT a poet – or don’t think of myself as one – but love words,
I decided this would be a good way to do it.
So, I got my friend Medussa on board and we called for topics from my
many blog subscribers. Lots of people
showed up!
Suggestions ranged from the serious to the silly and Medussa
and I furiously wracked our brains and wrote our hearts out. People voted on their favorite poems and we
all had fun. It was a success!
So much so, that I decided to do it again! And again.
My plan was to do one each month.
It was a good plan at the time. What
I couldn’t predict was the insane turnout of people. They fell from the woodwork to suggest topics
for my challengers/friends and me.
I held a total of 6 Paloozas over ten months and my
challenger and I wrote upwards of 25-40 poems each time. I didn’t even usually win, when the votes
were tallied! The folks I wrote with
were talented and more creative than I was.
Being a very linear, logical thinker kind of hurts when you’re trying to
be all outside the box. It helped me
stretch my mind, however, and that’s all that mattered.
I’m trying to make my current blog (Charla’s NeverendingJourney) more interactive by bringing the Palooza back. So here goes!
Click here if you’d like to participate in Charlapalooza 2.0!!!
Here are a few of my favorite poems from the Paloozas:
Suggestion – A metaphor about the moon
In times of heartache
and strife
Feeling the ridges
and crevices
With the fingers of
my mind
Looking into its
depths
I can read like the
tarot
Feel the sway of the
universe
Beneath my looking
glass
My crystal ball
confirms
Happiness and
accomplishment
In the wink of an eye
The turn of a shadow
Suggestion – Epoxy grout and a 12 hour work day
While epoxy grout is
the most durable around
It’s also the most
difficult to apply
Great for kitchen
counters and tile floors
Detergent added
recently makes it slower to dry
Knowing all this is
great
But you spend twelve
hours on your knees
Laying this shit is
backbreaking labor
I’ll take a day on
myspace, please
Dirty, grimy, gritty
and tired
I drag my ass home to
my kids and wife
I pride myself on
doing a good job
But I sure do miss my
life
Click here to submit your own topic for Charlapalooza 2.0!!!
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Link to Charlapalooza:
https://fs22.formsite.com/mindkey/form1/index.html
Meet Charla: Charla Dury's Mind Key Introduction
by Danielle Rose
Link to Charlapalooza:
https://fs22.formsite.com/mindkey/form1/index.html
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