The week’s Creative Writing Class Assignment: write a text using language from a pre-existing documents. You can add your own language, erase the language in the original text—do whatever you want. It might be more interesting if you choose a document/text that is “unliterary” in nature—a legal document, a law/decree, advertisement copy, etc.
Consider this a tongue-in-cheek assignment response.
Documents Used: Beverage Menus at Fermenteria and Tired Hands Brew Cafe. The words in italics are directly taken from the source documents
He was half gentleman, not beast
An ever charming sentinel
Marked by his military bearing
She found him to have an awake mind
Full of Blue Eyed Soul
Relentlessly dry sense of humor
She was sanguine in his presence
Reminiscent of aromatic cedar
Spice
Gently sturdy
Traditional
Complex
Earthy
She declared him Lord Invader
Of her precious heart
She was imminently crushable
Satsuma orange
Wildflower honey
A dizzying array
Of delicate
Balanced by a small portion
Of fresh stainless
Together they created a home for hope
A classic combination for deliciousness
Riding the Darjeeling Express
They chose to
Surrender to decay
And dedicate themselves
To the in-house consumption
Of a red blended from a variety of small-format oak barrels
And each other
This is one of my favorites – I love the way that you’ve used the words from the menu to make something new and wonderful. It flows and makes sense – so creative and fun!
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Thank you Fran! I still wonder if there is a second poem to be written from “Growler Filling Policy” “Inside Voices” and/or Synthetic Hygienic”
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Excellent!
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I had a lot of fun with this.
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Okay… as we say in New England… wicked awesome!
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Speaking my language!
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👍👍👍
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I may need a reminder on the days of the week evidently…
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Holy BALLS!!! YAAASSS, girl! Genius. ❤
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Why, thank you Kindra! It was soooo much fun to to write
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You’re welcome. I had fun reading it!
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