Poetry Chess 2: Todd vs Brandon

[Todd]

can someone break the concept of this thread down for me, i've been reading some of the writing in it and think you're both doing great, i'm just not sure i follow the where and why-fore of it?

Okay, I'll try. Two people play a game of chess. They mark each move with chess notation, and in my case use an online site to follow the moves. With each move they write a poem which is inspired by the move. It doesn't have to openly relate to chess though some of them do. It's mostly a creative exercise to get you writing. The poems are generally lightly edited first drafts. At the end of the game, the players decide if they want to workshop anything.