We remember fiddling with play dough or tip-toeing behind our brother and listening in on our parents chatting, perched on an antique sofa set our mother had bought at an auction. She would often worry, "She speaks to all kinds of strangers. I have to constantly look over her shoulder."

Children are often asked to not speak to strangers, but is that good advice for adults? That's what the folks at HaikuJAM, an app for people to collaborate and write poetry together, want to ask. With this in mind, they created Don't Talk To Strangers, an event where strangers necessarily speak with each other through the medium of poetry.