Myku about the Olympics?
Monday
Feb 15, 2010
I am transfixed with the Vancouver Olympics. I just watched the Chinese married couple, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, who finished first in the short program. Theirs is a beautiful story. They were paired together when Zhao was 13 and Shen was only 8. Then, just a few years ago, their relationship evolved to a new level and they were married. After so many years together! And their skating is such an expression of power, lyricism, elegance, and symmetry, that I am moved. Who are you watching? What is moving you? Let’s myku about the Olympics this week. I look forward to hearing from you! 

Welcome to MYKUWorld! The site is growing and to be honest, we’re a little surprised about it. The site’s owner and founder, Neal Mayerson can’t believe it’s taking off the way it is. Imagine. There are almost 15,000 mykus on the site! That’s a lot of 4-line poems! Let’s see, if we stacked them from here to outerspace…. O.K. Here’s how it all began…
This is one of my favorite poems by Countee Cullen:
The Holiday Myku Contest starts today! It’s simple: write a myku that contains the words thanksgiving, thanks or giving. Just write it and we’ll find it! This madness starts now and ends on November 15th. Our winner will get a coveted Myku mug and T-shirt! Family is not allowed to compete as this is a fair competition. You know who you are….
Last night Mykuworld was on fire as we held our first myku party! In a little more than two hours we wrote 200 mykus. People sent in emails afterward saying they were afraid to jump in before the party, but just launched themselves during the event and wrote up a storm. We had writers from New Hampshire, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, California and who knows.
Just wanted to remind you that tonight is our MYKU Slam — a party where everyone logs in around the same time to mingle and write mykus together. Jump on mykuworld.com between 7 and 8:30 EST– later if we want to stay. Anyone who writes 5 mykus during that time can send a message to debpinger@gmail.com with size and your mailing address and we’ll send you a free, 100% cotton MykuWorld t-shirt. 
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