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Here is an assignment I had in my college writing class. I really had fun with it. Pick up any book. Open it randomly. Close your eyes and point your finger onto a page. Open your eyes, note the word your finger hit on and write it down. Do this five times. Write the words down here and cite the name of the book you got them from. Now the next person has to write a limerick, a poem, or a short narrative paragraph using those words. Then he/she/it has to open their own book and pick out 5 words in the same manner. I wish I could remember my poems. Remember, these words are to be random and not especially difficult or funny for effect (that is why you have to shut your eyes)! Also, if you deem the word inappropriate or distasteful in any way, ignore that one and choose another.

peace world remember deeper lifetimes

I REMEMBER when the WORLD was DEEPER

something we sought, not always cheaper

me dinner don't she work (Alice Walker... Temple of my Familiar)

me, dinner, don't, she, work

It's only ME here for DINNER.....
DON'T bother with the plates
I'm such a winner
We'll talk and chat of lates
and SHE, never the sinner,
will WORK and mark down the dates....

happy, head, clouded, models, now

head resting on my arm

mind not clouded

on models of yesteryear

probably decent two think happy (John Irving; The Fourth Hand)

Probably Decent Two Think Happy

Most people would probably say they're not decent,

But those two, I think know what it means to be happy...

Asked Wolf's Other There They

-(Grimms Fairy Tales -Brown Watson)

Asked Wolf's Other There They

Asked little red of the wolf's mother:

'what say you donate something other

for there is really no need for capes of red.

They really clash horribly with my bed!'

became junkyard missed test flashier

John MISSED the TEST and BECAME a JUNKYARD FLASHER

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beat torn love season rain

BEAT TORN LOVE SEASON RAIN

Beaten torn and tattered, it is rain season and I am in love.

surrendered, wrong, of, predict, late

the clock may be wrong

but you can't predict fate

surrender this time

Iknew you'd be late

life of a mime

in silence I wait

bleed, ascending, things, will, affirmed

Bleed,asacending.things,will,affirmed

Ascending,down the stairsWill,fell

And started to Bleed.Things werenot

Affirmed,to this date.Oh well.

Trying,childern,noticed,side,nowhere

V.C/Andews Broken Wings

I read "Broken Wings" and was slightly disappointed. Oh well. Here goes:

As I drove down Hickory Lane, I noticed children playing by the side of the road. The dirty little ragamuffins were innocently trying an old dog's patience. He snapped at them and sent little girls shrieking. One bold young boy aproached my Jeep and asked where I was going., to which I replied: "Oh...Nowhere."

Okaaaay. Here ya go: bewildering, rugged, tradition, whip, lofty (Dracula)

A Bewildering shadow crept under my door.

It's Rugged shape made me shake to the core.

In Traditional sense I should be fast asleep.

But the noise of a Whip to my feet made me leap.

Then I heard this Lofty creature whisper, "Nevermore".

Sooner, Fancy, That, Interrupted, Desire (The Last Days of Pompeii. Edward-Bulwer Lytton)

Sooner, Fancy, That, Interrupted, Desire

The Interruption of Wind

The flesh is a wall

Between the fire

And Sooner than Fancy

Will come a Desire

That, Interrupted,

will add to the passion;

Love, uncorrupted

And of a true fashion

Wind will fuel a strong flame

and obliterate the fire lame

Some, Complete, venerable, lay, the -The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart

some complete venerable lay the

some of us are complete venerable idiots that lay the babies upside down

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