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Group Poetry

My family likes to play games on holidays. At Thanksgiving this year, we decided to play a particular favorite poetry game.

The first person writes two lines of poetry at the top of the paper, folds down the first line, and passes it on. The second person adds one additional line and folds over the previous line, and so on until the page is full. So each writer sees just one line of poetry before having to add his/her own line. It can get pretty ridiculous!

Admittedly, they all end up somewhat offensive and slightly plagiarized, and none of them make much sense, so I just picked one that made me chuckle. Enjoy!

The lily wilted on the vine

Her veins they dripped with turpentine

It was an ugly Valentine

It had stripes in its center

They could buy, who not rent her

Spending money is the root of all evils

So hoard it all from the poor peoples

Raise a glass and salute them

Salute them for how they fought

The angry clowns who were addicted to meth

Made by the locals in the town of Bathe

He leaned back his head and drained the carafe

Down his scarf and into his banana hammock so as to set his sausage afloat

Well, I hope no one was seriously offended by that…it’s really mean to be all in good fun!

 

 

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6 Comments

  1. Meradeth

    Too funny! I love that your family does this–I may have to steal the idea to keep my family from attempting to kill one another this year 🙂

    • Katie L. Carroll

      I’m not sure where the game came from, but feel free to share it.

  2. Helena Fairfax

    Hi Katie, great idea for a game! Do you know the game Consequences? It’s similar – each player fills in the blanks in the following sequence, folding the paper and passing it on as he goes: *** met ***. He said to her *** She said to him *** He gave her *** She gave him *** And the consequences were *** I played this as a child endlessly, to much hilarity. Thought your children might enjoy it!
    http://www.helenafairfax.com

    • Katie L. Carroll

      Sounds fun, Helena. Kind of like those Mad Libs I used to play as a kid.

  3. J.Q. Rose

    Going to a party tonight. Will take both games along for fun. Thanks for sharing.

    • Katie L. Carroll

      Hope your had a fun party, J.Q.!

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