(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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Look up the vocab of a topic unrelated to your poem (beekeeping,etc.) Use three of those words in your poem.
Change the tense of your poem (past/
present/ future).
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?
Count the number of lines in your poem.Cut 1/3 of them.
Read your poem out loud 3x. Change any areas that sound "weird."
Re-write your poem with the exact same words but totally different line breaks and stanzas.
Cut the clutter (filler words).
Cut all the adjectives. What happens?
Write 3 new titles for your poem.
Change the POV of your poem.
Highlight all the sensory images in your poem. Rewrite anything you didn't highlight.
Use the words: "treasure," "moon," and "fall" somewhere in the poem.
Make a blackout/erasure of your own poem.
Add 3 commands to the poem (the imperative mode).
Add a stanza (or 4-6 lines, if prose) to the middle of the poem.
Double-check capitalization. Is it consistent and with purpose?
Divide the poem into couplets.
Underline your favorite 2-3 lines in the poem. Use those to start something new.
Add 3 negative phrases to your poem (Do not / Never / etc.)
Double-check all the punctuation for consistency, for rhythm - does every comma have a purpose?
Write 3 new opening lines for your poem. Do you like any of them more?
Enjamb the entire poem.
Find a line you dislike. Rewrite it 5 different ways.
Cut the last stanza (or 4-6 lines). Replace it with something new.
