Yoko Ono to judge Twitter haiku competition
Yahoo! Music, May 18, 2009 2:00 pm PDTStarting today (May 18), people visiting London's King's Cross station will be encouraged to submit short poems on the subject of the British summer via their Twitter account.
A display board at the station will show the best comments within minutes of them being sent, reports The Independent. The poetic Tweets will also be presented at the King's Place arts center next to the station.
Ono, along with poet Jackie Kay, will judge the competition, with the overall winner given free entry for two to King's Place's '"Words On Monday" events throughout 2009.
The competition runs until May 22.
Entrants are asked to Tweet their #haiku to @kingsplace.
See Imaginepeace.com for more.
For more on Yoko Ono, check out her NME.com page.
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