Welcome, Questers!
Let's get started!
Woohoo! Time to get started!
Welcome to this 30-day quest, during which you’ll create your own cento using fragments of text from Staying Power 2: Writings from a Year of Emergence. You’ll be able to share your cento, if you’d like, at our happy “Cento Celebration” at 6:00PM Central on February 27!
Remember, a cento is a literary work, usually a poem, created exclusively from lines or phrases lifted from the work(s) of another author (or authors). You assemble the excerpts in whatever order you wish, thereby bringing to life a rich, new text.
Hey, since it’s the weekend, let’s ease into this quest! How about introducing yourself to other participating Rafters? Use the button below.
On Monday we’ll rev up this quest with Challenge #1.
P.S. If you’d like to chat with other Rafters about this quest, get the Raft app! Look for the 30-Day Quest thread to connect with other questers!
Hi All! It took me a bit to find this on my computer instead of on my phone! I'm an artist - printmaker mostly but do create anything that is possible that my brain thinks up. I also create many artist books and they often revolve around poems, either self composed or from others. I first encountered Phyllis when she sent a poem a day and I have been hovering in her universe ever since - with a few interruptions. I had a difficult 2022 and so I am really looking forward to this Quest to get me back in the groove where I like to be! I'm thrilled to get to be a part of this! Nice to meet all of you!
Hi all! I'm Sue, a manufacturing engineer from beautiful Warren County NJ, and being deeply emotional I use writing as a way to process my feelings about life and its struggles. I've been in a slump getting myself to sit and write since my wife's passing in 2020 and I'm hoping this class will be just the push I need to get my fingers moving again. Looking forward to the quest!