(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Cut the clutter (filler words).
Look up the vocab of a topic unrelated to your poem (beekeeping,etc.) Use three of those words in your poem.
Pick 3 images to make more specific and concrete.
Highlight all the sensory images in your poem. Rewrite anything you didn't highlight.
Cut all the adjectives. What happens?
Write 3 new opening lines for your poem. Do you like any of them more?
Add a stanza (or 4-6 lines, if prose) to the middle of the poem.
Count the number of lines in your poem.Cut 1/3 of them.
Double-check capitalization. Is it consistent and with purpose?
Re-write your poem with the exact same words but totally different line breaks and stanzas.
Write 3 new titles for your poem.
Make a blackout/erasure of your own poem.
Add 3 commands to the poem (the imperative mode).
Change the tense of your poem (past/
present/ future).
Underline your favorite 2-3 lines in the poem. Use those to start something new.
Change the POV of your poem.
Read your poem out loud 3x. Change any areas that sound "weird."
Cut the last stanza (or 4-6 lines). Replace it with something new.
Use the words: "treasure," "moon," and "fall" somewhere in the poem.
Divide the poem into couplets.
Find a line you dislike. Rewrite it 5 different ways.
Add 3 negative phrases to your poem (Do not / Never / etc.)
Enjamb the entire poem.
Double-check all the punctuation for consistency, for rhythm - does every comma have a purpose?
Check word frequency: If we use a word in a poem more than once, it's a pattern. Is this a generative pattern, or an accident?
