01-25-2014, 07:44 AM
We used to play a game called poetry telephone. It is based (slightly) off the child's game "telephone" where a message is whispered in the ear of the first child and passed along etc.
In poetry telephone, a poem is sent to a participant to rewrite. The participant sends it back and it is then sent to the next participant and then on down the line.
The fun is in rewriting and seeing the evolutionary process. It is also fun to go through and comment on the separate versions. Occasionally we would post the chain anonymously and we all tried to guess participants but I don't know if that would be successful here. Here is an example game played some time ago:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgro...nts/poetry$20telephone/alt.arts.poetry.comments/-VkdKj4caxM/lBy7UMiIflEJ
authors list in order:
myself
michael wolkind
Michael Cook
sophie
Colin (Ward)
Crystal
PJR
Rik Roots
Thomas Dillion
Zinc
Dale Housman
Julie Carter
Let me know if you are interested in participating in a game by responding to this thread. In addition, all comments are welcome.
In poetry telephone, a poem is sent to a participant to rewrite. The participant sends it back and it is then sent to the next participant and then on down the line.
The fun is in rewriting and seeing the evolutionary process. It is also fun to go through and comment on the separate versions. Occasionally we would post the chain anonymously and we all tried to guess participants but I don't know if that would be successful here. Here is an example game played some time ago:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgro...nts/poetry$20telephone/alt.arts.poetry.comments/-VkdKj4caxM/lBy7UMiIflEJ
authors list in order:
myself
michael wolkind
Michael Cook
sophie
Colin (Ward)
Crystal
PJR
Rik Roots
Thomas Dillion
Zinc
Dale Housman
Julie Carter
Let me know if you are interested in participating in a game by responding to this thread. In addition, all comments are welcome.