Try this at your library

An innovative approach to encouraging poetry writing is being tried in Long Beach, California where poetry boxes have been placed outside two coffee houses. The boxes are designed to look like green mailboxes, and the idea is for writers to slip their latest poetic efforts into the box. When enough good poems have been collected, they will be published as a book. Why not try this at your library? Teens and tweens often like to write poetry, although they are sometimes shy about sharing it A nice anonymous box to drop it in might attract them. A committee of teens could choose the poetry for publication. It wouldn't have to be printed in a book--it could be featured on the library blog, webpage, or Facebook page. Writers could have the choice of putting their name on the piece or having it shown anonymously--most will no doubt opt for the fame of being named. Who knows what talent might turn up at the library?