What a great resource. Since your post is so timely, I wanted to let you know about our poetry contest that launched today! Anyone who sends a customizable poem flow from our site: http://www.poemflow.com/valentines has a chance to win a dozen roses for his/her sweetheart.

I’d also like a chance to talk to you about how to use Poem Flow to directly reach your students. With a partnership with the Academy of American Poets, TextTelevision has developed Poem Flow, an iPhone/Touch application that modifies the reading and writing experience.

TextTelevision presents a new way to read and write using animation. Their TextFlows software makes reading like watching a movie. Poem Flow features a new way to experience poetry on a handheld screen. Poem Flow introduces readers to poems they haven’t read, and lets them see (and share) old poems again. We think that this application will allow us to deliver poetry to a new generation of readers. As readers approach texts increasingly through the screen (and not the printed page), TextFlows are a tool that will engage and focus their attention while improving their comprehension and enjoyment.

I’d like to invite you to get a sneak peak of the Poem Flow application here on the web and TextTelevision is interested in hearing your thoughts on the PoemFlow app, or even the TextFlows reading experience all together. We’d love to hear your thoughts about it and what you think it might do for poetry

Thanks,

Laura Often (for Text Flows)