Happy Christmas 2008

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The

Festive

season is upon us.

The Cleave will be ‘hibernating’ until the New Year.

Here are some of the highlights of 2008.

1. The list of Cleave Poets

2. The first cleave poem submission

3. The first ‘post-call’ cleave poem submission

4. Increasing readership

5. The Cleaves of the Month

6. Media mentions: 15minutepoet, poets who blog, ink sweat and tears, Ron Silliman, cleave in ‘Don’t be a stranger’ initiative

7. The Cleave Anthology

To review this year’s cleaves:

- Use the ‘SEARCH THE CLEAVE WEBZINE’ button

- Click on the tags in the tag cloud

- Click on the calender and archives to see cleaves for specific days

- Check out the cleave genius that is Dennis Kelly with 150+ cleaves on his blogsite

Finally, but most importantly:

Please keep submitting cleave poems.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

may next year

be even better!