welcome to the mollusa chain

This site is intended as a www place-holder of sorts for the mollusca chain, a literary journal that uses a chain mail method in seeking to generate and publish new, and peer-selected, poetry.

Simply, chain letters are sent by snail mail (ie, actual post - remember what that was like?) to poets who then copy and pass the letters on to people of their choosing from their respective poetic communities. These poets then each write one poem in response to the theme, mail copies of them back to the poets listed in their chain letter, and then pass the letter on to their peers. And so on, in a continual process of poems sent backwards, letters sent forwards (see above for a more detailed outline).

If you are the recipient of a letter, this site should answer any questions you might have about the process, and what you should do to continue the chain successfully. You are most welcome to post a comment, and I will respond as soon as possible.