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Jul 2009: Ranjit Bhatnagar’s “Exquisite Sonnet”

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Featured Artist July 2009: Ranjit Bhatnagar (start) http://tinyurl.com/mldx77
July 1, 2009 7:22am via web

  • Round 1: open sonnet mashup, Shakespearean style! ( http://tinyurl.com/shakson ) Reply @ 1stfans with your original first line to a sonnet.
    July 1, 2009 9:19am via web
  • RT @ thatwaszen Shall I compare thee to a summer's tweet?
    July 1, 2009 9:47pm via web
  • Ready for line 2… reply @ 1stfans with your line! Shak-style reminder: no rhyme yet.
    July 1, 2009 9:50pm via web
  • RT @ joanie_s_c 'tho in June the rains came with abandon
    July 2, 2009 5:46pm via web
  • line 3 rhymes with “tweet.” you're welcome to submit more than one line! post your line 3 to @ 1stfans to drive the rain away!
    July 2, 2009 5:48pm via web
  • RT @ erikajoy perhaps when it dries by chance we will meet.
    July 3, 2009 1:37pm via web
  • line 4 rhymes with “abandon”. Post your line to @ 1stfans and rhyme with abandon!
    July 4, 2009 3:46pm via web
  • RT @ katiebakes tho I fear that you may send a stand-in
    July 6, 2009 4:23pm via web
  • Stanza 2 begins! Post your suggestions to @ 1stfans !
    July 6, 2009 4:25pm via web
  • RT @ WillCary But now that sun has joined us yet again
    July 8, 2009 12:38am via web
  • Ready for sonnet line 6 - no rhyme necessary. Post your suggestions to @ 1stfans
    July 8, 2009 12:39am via web
  • RT @ museumnerd We'll bask in its glorious warmth and light
    July 9, 2009 1:33pm via web
  • Line 7 rhymes with “again” - halfway done!
    July 9, 2009 1:34pm via web
  • RT @ joanie_s_c Perchance we'll lounge and not ever complain
    July 12, 2009 6:11pm via web
  • Line 8 rhymes with light and finishes the second stanza! Post your line 8 to @ 1stfans !
    July 12, 2009 6:13pm via web
  • RT @ museumnerd Or maybe dine and whine throughout the night.
    July 14, 2009 7:58am via web
  • Send in your sonnet line 9!
    July 14, 2009 8:17am via web
  • exquisite sonnet reminder: any 1stfan can contribute to our collaborative poem, even if you've submitted before. 3rd stanza awaits you!
    July 16, 2009 9:02am via web
  • RT @ WillCary Now that the heat of Summer slowly creeps
    July 17, 2009 3:14pm via web
  • Ready for sonnet line 10 - no rhyme necessary. Post your ideas to @ 1stfans !
    July 20, 2009 11:14am via web
  • Hey 1stfans! We need *you* to help finish up our collaborative poem! See the sonnet so far at twitter.com/1stfans and send your 10th line!
    July 22, 2009 9:39am via web
  • http://twitpic.com/b95xh - our sonnet so far!
    July 22, 2009 4:15pm via TwitPic
  • RT @ Raizza With cheese puffs, sun chips and total eclipse
    July 23, 2009 4:06pm via web
  • http://twitpic.com/bda4u - Time for line 11, which rhymes with “creeps”. Post your suggested line to @ 1stfans !
    July 23, 2009 4:10pm via TwitPic
  • Send a DM if you'd like to participate in the LIGHTNING ROUND to help write some flash poems as we finish up the sonnet
    July 23, 2009 4:12pm via web
  • RT @ joanie_s_c : We'll hang out with our 1st Fans Twitter peeps
    July 25, 2009 10:05pm via web
  • http://twitpic.com/bnrd0 - Getting near the end! Line 12 rhymes with eclipse - post your suggestions to @ 1stfans
    July 25, 2009 10:08pm via TwitPic
  • RT @ _randomthoughts : Rock out with the djs, shake our hips
    July 28, 2009 7:23am via web
  • http://twitpic.com/bx0e8 - Final stanza! Send your ideas for line 13 - no need to rhyme.
    July 28, 2009 7:27am via TwitPic
  • just two lines to go in 1stfans sonnet! post your suggestion for line 13 to @ 1stfans . Poem so far: http://twitpic.com/bx0e8
    July 30, 2009 2:12pm via web
  • And maybe if we set our minds upon it
    July 31, 2009 12:15am via web
  • We'll shuffle words around to make a sonnet. http://twitpic.com/c81fd
    July 31, 2009 12:16am via web
  • Featured Artist July 2009: Ranjit Bhatnagar (end) http://tinyurl.com/mldx77 - Thanks @ ranjit !
    July 31, 2009 7:50pm via web