RU NaPoWriMo: Poem in Yerkish

Monday, April 12, 2010

Poem in Yerkish

[According to the OED, Yerkish is a "sign language for chimpanzees based on geometric symbols." The following lexigrams come from The Great Ape Trust.]

2 comments:

caolanApril 13, 2010 at 12:08 AM
Amazing!
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Michael LeongApril 15, 2010 at 1:06 PM
Thanks! Writing (or "writing") against the clock makes you do crazy things.
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WHAT WE DO

Since 2010, Rutgers English PhD students and friends have been writing a poem a day for the month of April as part of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month).

From the NaPoWriMo official site:

NaPoWriMo was founded in 2003, when poet Maureen Thorson decided to take up the challenge (modeled after NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month), and challenged other poets to join her. Since then, the number of participants has gotten larger every year, and many writers’ organizations, local, national and even international, organize NaPoWriMo activities.