Friends, gentlepeople, countrypeople, lend me your words.

Citypeople and suburbanites too.  Kids and grownups and those who aren’t sure which they are.  Send me your words. 

Fun words.

Favorite words. 

Elegant words.

Energetic words. 

WHY??

Because every day for a year I want to select from among a collection of words from all over the world, and write a poem.  The words come from you, the poems come from me. 

Every. Single. Day.

The Basics:

• Write your word on a 3x5 card.  One word per card.
• Put your name on the back of the card if you want credit for sending it to me.
• If your word is in a language other than English, please provide a translation.
• If you made up your word, provide a definition.
• If your contribution involves profanity, nudity, pornography, racism, vulgarity, violence, or anything considered Generally Offensive, please keep it for yourself. 
• Mail it to:

K.C. Lewis

P.O. Box 274

Caledonia, MS 39740

• Tell your friends.  Maybe we’ll end up as an urban legend! 
  

The Nitty Gritty:

• Please mail your contribution by October 31st, 2009.  The sooner you participate, the more likely your word is to be used and heralded.  With great fanfare.
• All words/cards will become my property.  If you really want to keep it for yourself, do so.  Otherwise, please understand you are giving up all rights to it, and there is no way I can ever send it back to you.  This is why copy machines and scanners exist.
• Hyphenated words, compound words, and non-English words are acceptable (remember to provide a translation on the latter).
• Yes, I really mean it when I say I don’t want any nastiness arriving in my mailbox.  Remember, I write primarily for *children and teens*.  Think G and PG ratings, please.
• If you are 3x5 impaired you can either 1) cut a sheet of paper to those measurements; 2) email me and I’ll put your word on a 3x5 card (sigh, I hate caving to technology); or 3) cut a word from a print publication (newspaper, magazine, junk mail) and send that.

 A Special Invitation:

• If you are a classroom teacher or a homeschooling family, I’d love for you to make this into a class/school project.  Incorporate it into your vocabulary lessons, art projects, poetry units, or do it just because it’s fun.

Questions, comments, or kudos?  Email me at kcl3x5@yahoo.com.

For project updates, links to related sites, and to see what words have been contributed, go to my blog at http://3x5365.livejournal.com/.

For this information in a handy-dandy Word document, click here.