Publications and Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1997
Abstract
Two aleatory exercises in experimental poetry and prose for face-to-face classrooms are described step-by-step, In the first, a round-robin of word associations provides a lexicon from which first a poem and then a prose piece are generated and optionally shared. In the second, participants compile lists of rhyming words that are transferred to templates that position the rhyming words among blanks to be filled in. The sequence generates first a four-line poem from two triple rhymes, then a six-line poem from three triple rhymes and finally a ten-line poem from five quintuple rhymes. Results are shared on a voluntary basis.
Comments
An updated version of this exercise appears in CUNY Academic Works OER as "Word into Idea: a Creative Writing Exercise." An electronic version for online classes is forthcoming.