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‘Quickly here the critics come’: Exquisite Corpse poems, Spring 2020
Here are this semester’s Creative Writing classes’ poems written in the Exquisite Corpse method. What I love about these lines is how they were created almost randomly but have a kinda of weird logic. I like how some of these … Continue reading
‘Days go by like nights’: Exquisite Corpse poems, Fall 2019, 10th hour CW class
Here are this semester’s 10th period Creative Writing class’s poems written in the Exquisite Corpse method. What I love about these lines is how they were created almost randomly but have a kinda of weird logic. I like how some … Continue reading
‘It can be a secret now?’: Exquisite Corpse poems, Fall 2019, 4-5th period
Here are this semester’s 4-5th period Creative Writing class’s poems written in the Exquisite Corpse method. What I love about these lines is how they were created almost randomly but have a kinda of weird logic. I like how some … Continue reading
‘It’s a wonderful life. Now 10 minutes left’: Exquisite Corpse poems, Spring 2019
Here are Spring 2019 semester’s Creative Writing classes’ poems written in the Exquisite Corpse method. What I love about these lines is how they were created almost randomly but have a kinda of weird logic. I like how some of … Continue reading
‘My dad is not nice like an animal’: Exquisite Corpse poems, Fall 2018
Here are this semester’s Creative Writing classes’ poems written in the Exquisite Corpse method. What I love about these lines is how they were created almost randomly but have a kinda of weird logic. I like how some of these seem … Continue reading
‘Love is Fake News’: Exquisite Corpse poems, Spring 2018
Here are this semester’s Creative Writing classes’ poems written in the Exquisite Corpse method. What I love about these lines is how they were created almost randomly but have a kinda of weird logic. I like how some of these seem … Continue reading
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‘Best leave it to the pros and cons’: Exquisite Corpse poems, Fall 2017
Here are this fall’s Creative Writing classes’ poems written in the Exquisite Corpse method. What I love about these lines is how they were created almost randomly but seem to have a kinda of weird logic. I like how some of … Continue reading
‘Live like you’re already dead’: Exquisite Corpse poems, August 2016
Here are this fall’s Creative Writing classes’ poems written in the Exquisite Corpse method. See here for previous semesters’ poems. Why even go to the extreme of doing absolutely nothing. Pretty girls are not nice guys. Nice guys don’t get … Continue reading
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‘Really interesting people look ugly at times’: An Exquisite Corpse hallway display
Here is my current display (in the hallway outside my classroom) of my students’ Exquisite Corpse poems from the last couple of semesters.
‘T’was the night before the end of time’: Exquisite Corpse poems, January 2016
Here are my current semester’s students’ Exquisite Corpse poems. See the explanation for how we created these here. See earlier samples here, here, and here. I am in love with only one friend: you. Small towns are full of pumpkins … Continue reading
