Over the past two weeks I have been playing a constrained writing game called Terse Verse with colleague, co-creator and friend Abby Straus from Pittsburgh. We wanted to see what would happen when we collectively wrote poetry constrained by simple rules.
Click on the image to start the animated gif to see how the verse unfolded.
Click on the image to start the animated gif to see how the verse unfolded.
"Serendipity sucks" unfurled like a beautiful flower, danced from concept to concept, through twists and turns of meaning, springing surprises, posing challenges. The process engaged our own personal Googles - our right frontal lobes - which searched in unlikely nooks and crannies of our brains for new and richer possibilities.
Although we each had some control, it felt as if the poem developed a life of it's own.
Although we each had some control, it felt as if the poem developed a life of it's own.
Activity: Terse Verse works like this. On your turn add two words. You can only change words you have written. Punctuation can be added or removed at any time.
No comments:
Post a Comment