Make an exhibition of yourselves
Think of a person, it can be you, or someone you know well. Imagine you are creating a museum of their life. Think of the objects you would put on display, lost baby teeth? Love letters? Your first school shoes? Photos? Think of the stories that might be told, videos or photos that might be shown. Here is a list of things to think about:
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3rd August 2010
Vocabulate Fremunctiously
It’s summer silly season and the bumblebees of doom (vuvuzelas) have been melting our brains so here’s a fun one:
Define these 10 words:
Crumid
Skussle
Coniphany
Glucker
Partet
Foona-Plate
Fildew
Salmy
Porm
Bips
They might be emot...
5th July 2010
Ten into five will go
Pick 10 people who have been important in your life: an amazing teacher, a popstar you emulated when your were a toddler, the noisy nieghbour you want dead, etc.
Write a stanza about each...
1st June 2010
Catch Last Orders in the Poet's Head
This month's exercise has been inspired by an extended period of drunkenness that was held as a mark of respect for the editor's birthday towards the end of last month...
Write down 5 n...
1st May 2010
Go on Google
Take one pair of Googly eyes (those plastic eyes you get from craft shops, that, if you're such-way inclined may be snuggled down the back of the sofa, lost and looking for love, or at the bottom o...
1st April 2010
I remember
Exercise one
This is a simple exercise that a lot of poets use to get over writer's block. Write the words "I remember" on the first line, and then carry on writing the poem for five or ten mi...
1st March 2010
Eulogise someone. No, you logise someone.
In free verse, write a big magical exagerated lie of a poem about someone you admire.
Tell us what special powers they have, what language they speak, what they invented, what objects adore them, wh...
3rd January 2010
How to make your own poetry 'zine-type thing
First of all, for anyone who doesn’t know, a zine is a booklet you make yourself of whatever you want, which you then photocopy the crap out of and either sell or give away. Sometimes you hear poets c...
1st January 2010
