A tech writer’s poetry challenge

Posted on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 in writing Tags: , , ,

I think I’m going to deviate today from my use of The Writer’s Block as inspiration for a poem.

The BBC has issued a challenge of writing instructions to simple tasks as poetry. As a technical writer and a poet, this is definitely right up my street…

Follow the link to read examples of how to wire a plug by Ian McMillan and Wendy Cope, and how to use an ATM by Niall O’Sullivan!

[Yes, I am still alive. Yes, I am writing poetry for NaPoWriMo. No, last month's MyNoWriMo didn't go as well as hoped. Yes, I am still reading blogs, even if I owe a lot of you some comments. No, I'm not sure when I'm going to get back to blogging regularly... I wish I did!]

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2 Responses to 'A tech writer’s poetry challenge'

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  1. Relax Max said,

    on April 8th, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    Yeah. Well. Missing you anyway. Good luck with the poetry entries.


  2. on April 13th, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    What Max said…. always, what Max Said. :)

    Hope you had a nice Easter.

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