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United States and the United Kingdom 


The Poetic Bridges project seeks to put together a series of anthologies of collaborative pen-pal style poetry across borders to show solidarity in this difficult time. 


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How To Participate

Each poet will be paired with another poet from the alternative country. Everyone will be writing 2 verses of a poem. 

Step 1:

Write the first verse of a poem, up to 6 lines and enter it in the form below along with all the other requested information. 

Step 2:

You will get an email with the first verse of a poem from your partner poet.
​Write the second stanza of their poem, also up to 6 lines--they will do the same with your poem. 

Step 3: 

After step 2, we should have 2 completed collaborative poems, and we all get to enjoy the results. 

Please Fill Out The Form On The Right


In the comment section please include:

1: Whether you are from the US or the UK

2: Your first verse of the poem (up to 6 lines.) 

    Poetic Bridges Sign-Up

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