Want to write an ode to your zipcode? A new literary project, sponsored by The Fair Housing Center, The Arts Commission, Toledo Lucas County Public Library, and the Toledo City Paper, asks Toledo-area residents to write an Ode to the Zip Code. To enter this free competition, submit an entry between March 1st and April 1st. Each entry should be an acrostic, haiku-like poem: simply determine your zip code and write a 5-line poem where the amount of words in each line are dictated by the digit. For example, 43606: four words, three words, etc.
Example, for zip code 43606:
4 All kinds of faces
3 Can be seen
6 From here to there to everywhere
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6 Working, playing, learning, living, laughing, yearning
Top entrants will receive cash prizes and be invited to perform their poem live on 419 Day (April 19) at the Main Library.
Enter online at theartscommission.org