Writing Exercise # 59
INGREDIENTS:
1. Think of someone you have great memories of.
2. List some of those memories. Capture as many quiet/wild/scary/joyous moments as you can.
3. Make up three impossible memories.
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Let's write an anaphora poem. CLICK HERE to learn what one is and, also, to read a few examples. Ginsberg's "Howl" is a great example, too.
Consider any of the following to be your opening/repeating line:
It seems like yesterday when
No one can take away
Let the last thing I remember be
We dared to
When we were young
Our hearts only wanted to
In 19____
or make up your own. Once you catch your rhythm, don't let it go. Include the impossible memories. Include specific details of places only you and this person could know. It's okay if none of these memories are real. If you want this to be a dream-filled eulogy, do it. But make sure you have some fun.
1. Think of someone you have great memories of.
2. List some of those memories. Capture as many quiet/wild/scary/joyous moments as you can.
3. Make up three impossible memories.
- - - - -
Let's write an anaphora poem. CLICK HERE to learn what one is and, also, to read a few examples. Ginsberg's "Howl" is a great example, too.
Consider any of the following to be your opening/repeating line:
It seems like yesterday when
No one can take away
Let the last thing I remember be
We dared to
When we were young
Our hearts only wanted to
In 19____
or make up your own. Once you catch your rhythm, don't let it go. Include the impossible memories. Include specific details of places only you and this person could know. It's okay if none of these memories are real. If you want this to be a dream-filled eulogy, do it. But make sure you have some fun.
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