Life Lines

*I came across this contest and thought it would be a really cool way to celebrate National Poetry Month this April.

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For National Poetry Month 2008, the Academy of American Poets asks you to share the lines of poetry that are the most vital to you, along with notes about the precise situation that summoned them to mind.

All participants will automatically be entered to win a piece of jewelry by San Francisco designer Jeanine Payer. Payer specializes in hand-engraving lines of poetry on earrings, necklaces, and other items.

The winner will have their "life line" hand-engraved on a specially chosen piece.
Entries can be emailed to npm@poets.org until April 1, 2008.