Today’s Poem

Today’s Poem was a massive thread in the OB Anthology started by Heaven’s cloud in 2002. The concept was simple.  Heaven’s Cloud would post a daily poem in this thread, either one that he write himself or one that he found relevant to his current mood.  He encouraged members to follow suit urged them to post a poem in addition to any comments they made. 

The thread took off, and everyone posted poems of varying length (some a single stanza, some massive page-eaters) and generally enjoyed themselves. Neuvoxraiha, Heaven’s Cloud, and RicoTranzig dominated most of the early life of the thread. Somewhere around the 8th page, Spikey joined in a lot as well. By the time the thread was around page 15, many more contributors began pouring in, from newbies to OB legendaries. Poetic mastermind Mitch also became a major contributor around this point. It wasn’t long before casual members were posting in the thread, though the previously mentioned members continued to dominate for the most part. Near the end, Dagger also became one of the major posters.

The key element of this thread was openness to anything. Participants could post their own poems, or poems from other authors that they enjoyed, or song lyrics, or whatever they wanted. The skill of the writer was not a concern, and everyone simply had fun reading each-others poems. The thread died on April 14th 2004 with a whopping 65 pages. There was brief attempt at revival, but the thread had run its course.

Newer versions of this concept have been used, such as Deathknight’s Community Anthology Thread, though nothing ever came close to reaching the popularity of Heaven’s Cloud’s thread until 55 Fiction was created by Sara.

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