Help Create the World's Biggest Poem

Lafayette, C0 USA
February 10, 2006

With the American Super Bowl now over and the Winter Olympics soon upon the world, most people are asking the same questions, namely: just what is that stain on the rug? And, just as importantly, what about poetry?

Polterzeitgeist Productions aks those questions too. The stain is probably from M&M’s ground into the floor (at least, that’s what we tell our housemates), but the poetry question is harder.

The answer may well be, “Choka On It(tm),” the world’s longest poem. And everyone in the world can (and should) contribute to it.

Those who did not fall asleep in poetry class can tell you that choka are a form of Japanese poetry, pre-dating haiku, and using a 5-7-5-7-5-7-5…7-7 syllabic structure (onji). In order to create the world’s longest poem Choka On It borrows from another Japanese poetry style (renga) by allowing any author to contribute to the poem.

Choka On It begins with the soon-to-be-infamous three lines:

Oh great Internet
Home to world's information
I have learned so much

All world citizens can go to the poem’s home (http://bigpoem.blogspot.com) and tack on a non-rhyming English couplet of seven and five syllables. Superlative additions to the poem will be granted a spot on the coveted Choka Wall of Fame. Couplets exuding lameness will find an unworthy place in Shame Alley. Everyone is encouraged to use the "I Choka'd" badge.

The near-geniuses behind the poem are two shadowy figures: b1-66er, the current English Haiku Slugfest Champion of the World; and birdhead, the first person to create a wireless Internet server in 1995. As you would expect from a coporation doing self-aggrandizing self promotion, greatness is expected.

Choka On It rides atop Google’s supreme Blogger offering and derives its revenue stream entirely from viewers supporting the site’s AdSense ads. When pressed for revenue predictions, Polterzeitgeist accountants will tell you they expect income at a level to afford a Beau Jo’s pizza (possibly with everything on it) for both b1-66er and birdhead before the end of 2006.


About Choka On It
Choka On It resides at bigpoem.blogspot.com and is overseen by Polterzeitgeist Productions. Through the help of mere English speaking mortals, Choka On It is intended and designed to become the world’s biggest poem.

Safe Harbor Statements under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains certain forward-looking statements of Choka On It. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual circumstances, events or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences include, but are not limited to: whether or not those are really M&M stains on the carpet, people’s willingness to add to the choka, whether Beau Jo’s jacks up the prices on their pizza, and the birth of birdhead’s first child.

Polterzeitgeist Productions cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Seriously. It’s very possible doesn't know what the hell it's talking about. Sometimes the press releases just say stuff to see how it sounds. Polterzeitgeist Productions does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new circumstances or anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances as they occur. Especially if this whole choka thing is a flop.