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