
“it works and its FREE – send a text message saying 2 (and nothing else) to 07919 315556 and you get a text message poem sent to your mobile phone. Send 2 again and you get another different one. Funded by the Arts Council so no nasty corporations get any money and its more fun than texting to Big Brother. citypoems.co.uk“
Found at the 20six moblog, “fisharepeopletoo”. Some lovely snippets there, including the author’s odyssey through the National Health Service to get a plastercast removed from their arm – including glum and surly waiting room inhabitants and the cheery nurse poking her tongue out at moblogging patient.
Recommended.
CityPoems
This is such a great idea. At various points around Leeds are points with a number on them. Text the…
putting literature into cities
Found this serendipitously whilst googling for something else entirely on blackbeljones, the citypoems project. You can find signs across the city of Leeds prompting you to send a text message to a number and in return you get sent a poem as