Poetry and chain letters

I have hated chain letters since I was a child and my mother made me hand-write copies of them, full of dire predictions about what happened to people who would break the chain. What I hated the most was the entire nonconsensual pyramid scheme of the thing -- I was brought into it without my consent, and I had to do the same thing to five more unsuspecting people.

But yesterday I received an email chain letter, requesting me to send a poem (or meditation) to the person at the top of the list, and pass it on to some number of people who would send the same to the next person on the list. Poetry is a pleasant thing, and chain letters are a lot easier when they don't involve writing things out by hand.

I'm still not willing to do that to anyone who doesn't consent in advance. But poetry is something I approve of.

So. If you would like to be part of a poetry chain letter, please send me your email address in the next day or so (name optional) -- either by DW/LJ private message or email if you know mine -- and I will add you to the chain, and you might receive some poetry (not by me, so no promises). And if no one responds, I'll send my requested poem out and leave it at that.