STATION 1: HAIKU AND TANKA

Writeahaikuortankaaboutyourthemebyfollowingtheinstructions
below.Thentrythecomputerprogramout.
Recordallthehaikus/tankas
youcreateinyourchapbook.

OptionA.WriteyourownHaikuorTanka
OrganizationofHaiku
:
1stline5syllables
2ndline7syllables
3rdline5syllables
(Tankasare57577)
Description
:Haikusdescribeasceneusingalotofimageryandsensory
description.Tryavoidingclichesandoverusedphrases.
SeasonalWord
:EachHaikushouldcontaina
kigo
,aseasonword,which
indicateinwhichseasontheHaikuisset.Forexample,cherryblossomsindicate
spring,snowindicatewinter,andmosquitoesindicatesummer,thoughthe
seasonwordisn'talwaysthatobvious.
Cutting
:Haikugenerallycontainsacaesuraorpause,cuttingthepoemintotwo
pieces.
TomakethiscuttinginEnglish,eitherthefirstorthesecondlineends
normallywithacolon,longdashorellipsis.

OptionB.ComputergeneratedHaiku
Whatistobegainedfromusingacomputertocreateyourhaiku?Whatislostwhenwe
removeourselvesandletthecomputeractaspoet?Findoutbyselectingwordsfrom
thedropdownmenutocreateyourownhaiku,ortrytheautomatichaikugenerator
instead!Makesuretoc
opyresultsintoyourchapbook:
http://www.invacua.com/cgibin/haiku.pl

HaikuExamples(Issa17621826)
Aworldofdew,
andwithineverydewdrop
aworldofstruggle

Thusspringbegins:old
stupiditiesrepeated,
newerrsinvented

Thenewyeararrived
inuttersimplicity
andadeepbluesky

Nowweareleaving,
thebutterfliescanmakelove
totheirhearts'desire

STATION 2: Computergenerated AUTOMATIC POETRY

OptionA.RandomLineGenerator:
WriteapoemusingtheRandomLine
Generator(keepyourthemeinmind!).Generatealine.Copythatlineintoyour
chapbookandbeginwritingwhatevercomestomindasyoucontemplateyour
theme.Anytimeyouareatalossforthenextthingtowrite,generateanewline
andbeginagain.
https://web.njit.edu/~ronkowit/poetsonline/generator2.html

OptionB.RhymeGenerator:
WriteapoemusingtheRhymeGeneratorby
providingthefirstline.Copythegeneratedpoemintoyourchapbook.
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Poem/

OptionC.TheWorldsFirstCollaborativeSentence:
Contributetoanongoing
sentence/poem.Youwilladdaphrasetoasentenceothershavebeenwriting
since1994.Phrasesonly,noperiods!Copydownyourlineintoyourchapbook.
http://artport.whitney.org/collection/DouglasDavis/live/writesentence.html#contrib
ute

WhatisAutomatism?
Automatismcanoccurasaresultofanytechniquethateliminatesconsciouscontrol
oftheartisticprocess,andreplacesitwithchance
.Popularizedduringthe20th
centurybySurrealistartists,whosoughttounleashthecreativeforceofthe
unconsciousin
art
,automaticdrawingandpaintingwasseenastheonlywayto
escapefromcultural,intellectualandhistoricalconstraintsandunlockthebasic
creativitysupposedlylodgeddeepwithintheartist'spersonality.
Theonlywayto
freethemselvesofanypossibleculturaloreducationalconnectionwiththe"old
order",wastosuppresstheirconsciousthoughtsandinsteadharnessthecreative
poweroftheirunconsciousmindtypicallythroughautomaticorrandomly
generatedimages,althoughhypnosis,dreamsandhallucinations,werealsoused.

ExcerptfromMapsontheDunesbyAndreBreton,founderofSurrealism:

STATION 3: Found POETRY

FoundPoetry:
Foundpoetryisatypeofpoetrycreatedbytakingwords,
phrases,andsometimeswholepassagesfromothersourcesandreframing
themaspoetry(aliteraryequivalentofacollage)bymakingchangesin
spacingandlines,orbyaddingordeletingtext,thusimpartingnew
meaning.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Gotothefrontoftheroomandtakeabookfromthebookshelf
Openitrandomlytoapage
Selectavarietyofwordsonthatpage,alongsideprepositionsand
articles
Writeyourselectionsonablankpieceofyourchapbookintheforof
apoem

EXAMPLE:from
MobyDick

invalleys
asentrybox
theleviathan
nevertheless
contemporary
thewhale?
true
strictly
vacillations
toqueer
I

STATION 4: EXQUISITE CORPSE

OptionA.ExquisiteCorpse
ThisisperhapsthemostpopularChainGameamongpoets.Itrequiresat
leastthreetoplay.Eachgroupmembershouldgetaslipandstartapoem,
thenpassittotheright.Attheend,getyourpoembackandpasteitinto
yourchapbook.
1. 1stPlayer:
Writedownanarticlewithanadjectiveandfoldthepaper
toconcealwhatyourhavewritten.Passthepapertotheright.
2. 2ndPlayer:
Addanoun.Thenfoldthepapertoconcealwhatyou
havewrittenandpassthepapertotheright.
3. 3rdPlayer:
Writeaverb.Thenfoldthepapertoconcealwhatyou
havewrittenandpassthepapertotheright.
4. 4thPlayer:
Addanotherarticlewithanadjectiveandfinallyanew
noun.Unfoldyourpapertorevealtheentirepoem,thepastethe
poemintoyourchapbook.

Thegamegotitsnamefromthefirstverseproducedthisway:
Theexquisite

corpse

shalldrink

thenewwine.

ArticleAdjective

Noun

Verb

ArticleAdjectiveNoun

OptionB.AlternateExquisiteCorpse(Trythisastimeallows!)
1. Player1:Writethreelinesofpoetry:thefirsttwolinesshouldrhyme,
butnotthethird.Foldyourpapersoonlythelastlineisvisibleand
passtoyourright.
1. Player2,3,4:Writetwolinesofpoetry.Thelastwordofthefirstline
mustrhymewiththelastwordofthepreviousplayersline,butyour
secondlineshouldnotrhyme.Foldsoonlythelastlineisvisibleand
passtoyourright.
2. WhenitgetsbacktoPlayer1:Unfoldthepaperandreadyourpoem.
Thenpastethepoemintoyourchapbook.

STATION 5: OPPOSITES
OppositesInstructions
:
Eachgroupmembershouldbeginapoemin
theirchapbookbyfollowingtheinstructionsbelow,thenpassittotheright.
Attheend,getyourpoembackandcheckouttheresults!
1. Player1:
Writesanysentenceonanewpageofyourchapbookand
passittothesecondplayer.
2. Player2:
Belowthefirstsentence,writetheexactoppositeofthe
statement,wordbyword,andpassittothethirdplayer.Forinstance,
ifthefirstplayerwrotedog,Imightwritecat,ghostdogorrobot
dog.
3. Player3,4:
Belowthesecondsentence,writetheexactoppositeof
thesecondstatement,wordbywordrepeatuntiltheoriginalauthor
getstheirbookback.

HereisanDadaistexamplecomposedbyM.Sandoz,F.R.Simon,and
M.Zimbacca:
Whenmymotherswigschampagne.
Myfatherscorpsegetsdrunkonchianti.
Ourmothersinfantsdryuptearlessly.
Themoribundwatersofmyfatherland.
Aninfantdessicatesouruniverse.
Anoldcorpsewaterstheirafterlife.
Twoinfantsabsorbwhatprecedesdeath.

STATION 6: Q AND A
QandAInstructions:
Ontheslipsofpaperprovided,eachgroupmember
shouldwriteaminimumoffivesentences(1perslip)intheformof
questionsandfivesentences(1perslip)intheformofanswers.Answers
shouldbeunrelatedtothequestionsyouasked.Becreativeavoidcliches
andusedescriptivelanguageandvariedvocabulary.
Wheneveryoneisdonewriting,exchangeanswerslipswithyourpartners
andmatchthenewanswersyourreceivetothequestionsyouasked.
Pasteyourslipsintoyourchapbook,alternatingbetweenQandA.

Optional:
Askquestions
aboutyourfuture,andwrite
answersintheformof
predictions(withoutknowing
whatthequestionerasked).
Keepyourquestionsbut
tradeanswerstolearnyour
future!

STATION 7:
DADA
POETRY

DadaPoemInstructions:
Cutwordsfromthecollagematerialtocompose
yourpoem.Youmaycomposeyourpoemconsciously,organizingthe
wordsyoufindonpurpose,oryoumaytryamorepure,automatic
techniquebyfollowingTristanTzarasinstructionsbelowandputtingyour
wordsinabagtoselectatrandomandpasteintoyourbookintheorderin
whichtheyaredrawn.

TOMAKEADADAISTPOEM
Takeanewspaper.
Takesomescissors.
Choosefromthispaperanarticleofthelengthyouwanttomakeyourpoem.
Cutoutthearticle.
Nextcarefullycutouteachofthewordsandputthemallinabag.
Shakegently.
Nexttakeouteachcuttingoneaftertheother.
Copyconscientiouslyintheorderinwhichtheyleftthebag.
Thepoemwillresembleyou.
Andthereyouareaninfinitelyoriginalauthorofcharmingsensibility,even
thoughunappreciatedbythevulgarherd.
TristanTzara,1920

STATION 8: CONditional
Poetry
INSTRUCTIONS:
Ontheslipsofpaperprovided,eachgroupmember
shouldwriteaminimumoffivephrasesstartingwithIf(1perslip).
EXAMPLE
:
If
mirrorshadeyes
If
thispagewereaportal
If
catscould
shootlasers,etc.
ThensettheIfslipsasideandwritefivenewconditionalphrases,1per
slip,containingthewordwould.TheseshouldbeunrelatedtoyourIf
phrases.
EXAMPLE
:Hereyes
would
turntoice,Walmart
would
beopen
forever,Thestreets
would
runredwithJohnscherrywaterice,etc.

Whenthewholegroupisdonewriting,exchangeyourconditionalwould
phrasessoyougetallnewonesfromyourgroupmembers.

Matchthewould
phrasestoyourIf
statementsand
pastethem
alternatinglyinto
yourchapbookand
readtheresulting
poem.

STATION 9: BOOK
BEAUTIFICATION

Useyourtimeatthisstationtodecorateyourbookwiththecollage
materialsprovided.Createasurrealistcollagebycombiningunexpected
imagesinauniqueway(orillustrateyourpoemswithdrawingsifyou
prefer).Keepyourthemeinmindandconsiderhowyoumightillustrate
yourbookinsupportofyourtheme.