"As a child, I was one of those who buried treasures in jars, with the idea that someone, some day, might come along and dig them up. I found similar things while digging in the various gardens I have made: old nails, old medicine bottles, fragments of china plates... That is what the Future Library is like, in part: it will contain fragments of lives that were once lived, and that are now the past. But all writing is a method of preserving and transmitting the human voice." There’s a secret book that no one will read for 100 years. It is a book from the future, so it hasn’t been published yet. It is kept in a locked room, in a Norwegian library. There is a sacred grove that will provide the paper for its pages. And there are 100 authors who will write its secret stories. 100 years. 100 stories. 100 different writers. This is the Future Library (Framtidsbiblioteket). It is being created by Scottish artist Katie Paterson for the city of Oslo in Norway. When Katie had to choose the first writer to contribute the first story, she named Margaret Atwood, prizewinning author, poet, essayist, literary critic, and Wattpad’s official Fairy Godmother. Read Margaret's thoughts about her involvement in the project here. *Watch Margaret on Periscope on May 26th 2015 to witness the live event, and stay tuned for a special Wattpad writing contest coming soon!*

of zebras - the love collection here, when i say i never want to be without you, somewhere else i am saying i never want to be without you again. and when i touch you in each of the places we meet, in all of the lives we are, it's with hands that are dying and resurrected. when i don't touch you it's a mistake in any life, in each place and forever' ― bob hicok zebra embryos start out with a dark skin but go on to develop white stripes before birth

Halloween gets closer, as do other horrors.

These haiku are about (human) nature :)

Selected by Margaret Atwood for the 2012 Atty Award. Collection of 10 poems. (The cover photo is a detail from the painting "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" by Dorthea Tanning. Tate Collection, London).

In 1966, before they were international sensations, Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter teamed up to create Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein — now a unique piece of cultural history. In a book that has only existed as an artist book of fifteen copies Charles Pachter set the poetry of Margaret Atwood to his beautiful and whimsical artwork. Produced originally on handmade paper made with materials found around his house, this is a rare work of art that should be read by anyone interested in the origins of these two great artists. This is exclusively available as an enhanced ebook for iPad and features an introduction by Margaret Atwood, a video interview with the artist, and audio of Margaret Atwood reading the poems.

**ATTY AWARDS 2012 SHORTLIST** My humble entry for the Atty Awards, in a thematic collection that talks about 10 of my favorite Historical women, in different poetic forms: Joanna the Mad (Limerick); Empress Jingu of Japan (Tanka); Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (Double Acrostic); Elizabeth I (Tyburn); Lucrezia Borgia (Villanelle); Joan of Arc (Petrarchan Sonnet); Mary Magdalene (Triolet); Cleopatra (Rondeau); Anne Boleyn (Tanaga); All Women in History (Ode).

A haibun may record a scene, or a special moment, in a highly descriptive and objective manner or may occupy a wholly fictional or dream-like space. The accompanying haiku may have a direct or subtle relationship with the prose and encompass or hint at the gist of what is recorded in the prose sections.

Genre: Poetry. Featuring... (1) Nove Otto: The Color of God (2) Sonnet: Knowledge and Wisdom (3) Acrostic: To bandgeek13 (4) Palindrome: Immortal Love (5) Hymn: True Compassion (6) Haibun: Chang'e Flees to the Moon (7) Ballade: We Poets (8) Ode: No Name (9) Pantoum: Revenge (10) Fable: Penguin's Bluff Status: *Complete!* ✓