https://www.wikicu.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Invisible+hand WikiCU - User contributions [en] 2026-05-16T22:15:55Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.31.8 https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Joyce_Kilmer_Memorial_Bad_Poetry_Contest&diff=21326 Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest 2007-12-13T02:17:21Z <p>Invisible hand: </p> <hr /> <div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest&#039;&#039;&#039; has been hosted by the [[Philolexian Society]] since [[1986]], drawing crowds of 200-300 students and participants vying for the title of best of the worst. Columbia faculty members serve as judges. The event is usually held in November and is heralded by the appearance of &#039;&#039;Bad Poetry in Motion&#039;&#039; flyers around campus featuring some of the best (or worst?) verses of the last 20 years.<br /> <br /> It is named for &quot;bad&quot; poet (and Columbia alumnus) [[Joyce Kilmer]]. His work &quot;Trees&quot; is read aloud by audience members at the contest&#039;s end.<br /> <br /> One can read the finalists from previous years at philolexian.blogspot.com<br /> <br /> [[Category:Annual events]]</div> Invisible hand