Continuous writing exercise
Writing about web page http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Kennard%20&%20Loydell%20poems.htm
We had a session with David Morley the other day and ran through two exercises. Starting with a given phrase, we wrote continuously for two minutes. We then wrote for two minutes while counting down from 100 (out loud). From each of the exercises, I mined an interesting phrase from the drivel I had written. These were:
'all is naught when we are trying to come to the final of a sports event'
'pencil for the lolly'
DM gave us ten minutes to write a piece linking the two phrases. This is how I did that.
The Event
All is naught when we are trying
to come to the final of a sports event.
We chase the crowds and weave
side to side picking a route
through the hustle and bustle.
Shouts for one team, then the other,
groups of lads whose excitement bubbles over
into playful spats,
decorated in bold team allegiance.
Clouds of animal fat soar from burger sizzles,
even the sky radiates with potential
for something never before experienced.
And possibly, wanting some sustenance and sugar,
coming with little more that the clothes in which we stand,
with little to be had or made,
a trade or exchange and possibly a
pencil for the lolly.
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