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Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #415


Begin with all the words in the universe, all the words in every language, both those known and un. Next, remove all the words that mean something. Now, write a poem using the leftover words.


Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #621

Take any word of your choosing and tattoo it onto your Great Grandpa, alive or otherwise. Write a poem about the experience.


Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #001

Tie yourself to something heavy, such as a semi-truck or a cliff, for an entire day. Now, write a poem only using words that weigh more than a pound.


Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #504

Imagine that words and letters are really numbers and computational symbols. Write a book review of your accountant's latest poetry.


Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #918

Forget how to use a computer and a keyboard and a pencil and a pen and a paper. Now, write poetry until your heart bleeds!


Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #291

Try not to smile for the rest of your life. Eat only meat. Walk without bending your knees. Never use a mirror. Buy your second-choice vehicle instead of your first. Start a fight with your mom. Get pierced everywhere. Sleep with your eyes propped open. Sleep well. Buy art. Now, write a poem about your suffering.


Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #777

Write down every word that you either use or think of for the rest of your life as you are using it or thinking it. Call this a long poem.


Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #510

Write a poem by hand about jump rope while playing a round of Double-Dutch.


Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #137

Deny.


Creative Writing Workshop Exercise #725

Find an instrument that you do not know how to play. Play it for a week. Don't try to learn how to play it, but rather, simply explore its sounds, angles, hollows, beats, echoes, contortions, accidents. Now, use language this way to make a poem.