An Ode to Your ZIP Code (The Takeaway)

Apr 30 2015

An Ode to Your ZIP Code In honor of National Poetry Month, each April Takeaway affiliate station WLRN and the O, Miami Poetry festival hold a poetry contest. This year’s challenge: Write a "Zip Ode"—a five-line poem inspired by your ZIP code. The length of each line is determined by the digits of your ZIP code. Listeners across the country submitted hundreds and hundreds of poems, and all month long, The Takeaway shared some of its favorites from around the nation.

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ZIP Odes from Across the Nation

Apr 30 2015 11 mins  
As April comes to a close, we're sharing just a few more of the incredible Zip Odes Takeaway listeners have been composing all month long. These odes follow just a few rules: They're five lines long, and the number of words in each line is dictated by the digits of your ZIP code. It's all part of an annual effort spearheaded by our friends at WLRN and at the O, Miami poetry festiv

Listener Spotlight: Your ZIP Odes

Apr 26 2015 4 mins  
It's National Poetry Month, and our friends at WLRN and the O, Miami Poetry festival have kicked off their annual poetry contest. This year, they're asking for "ZIP Odes"—five-line poems inspired by your ZIP codes and structured by them, too. Each digit in your code decides how many words goes in each line of the poem. The Takeaway has asked our listeners to send ZIP Odes from a

ZIP Code Poetry: Listener Spotlight

Apr 15 2015 4 mins  
The Takeaway is teaming up with our friends at the O, Miami Poetry Festival and WLRN-Miami Herald. We're asking you to pay tribute to the least poetic definition of where you live: The ZIP Code. For more details about the project, listen back to The Takeaway's interview O Miami's Scott Cunningham. All month The Takeaway will feature poems from listeners across the country-- like t

Poetry Contest: Write An Ode to Your ZIP Code

Apr 05 2015 4 mins  
The Takeaway is teaming up with our friends at the O, Miami Poetry Festival and WLRN-Miami Herald. We're asking you to pay tribute to the least poetic definition of where you live: The ZIP Code. We want you to memorialize your federally appointed numerical designation by writing an ode to your ZIP code. Each ZIP code is five numbers, so we're asking that each ZIP Ode be five lines