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