{"id":40449,"date":"2010-11-14T19:16:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T00:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=40449"},"modified":"2010-11-14T19:16:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T00:16:49","slug":"write-geek-themed-poem-win-geeky-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/11\/14\/40449-write-geek-themed-poem-win-geeky-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Write geek-themed poem, win geeky book"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Compose an “Ode to Harry Potter.” Dash off the “The Ballad of Gary Gygax.” Or perhaps a “World of Warcraft War Chant” speaks more to the muse of your geekery?<\/p>\n

Now is the time when geek pride meets the poetic. We’re hoping you’ll dust off your quill pens to jot down a geek-themed poem and post it on Geek Mom. If we choose your poem (there will be five winners), you’ll get an autographed, personalized copy of Ethan Gilsdorf’s road trip through geek subcultures, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms<\/a>, now in paperback.<\/p>\n

Among other things, Ethan also a poet. So Geek Mom thought it\u2019d be cool to ask you to offer a verse or two. Be it free verse, a limerick, a sonnet, a haiku, or a villanelle or rap — no matter, as long as it speaks of geekdom, pick the subject that will bring out your best. (No need to rhyme, either.) Just enter your literary masterpieces in the comments section below this Q&A<\/a> with the author. Geek Mom will choose the best five entries by Friday 11\/19\/10! Good luck, godspeed and geek on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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