Parlor game corpse

Cover Download Save contents. Title Page, Copyright Download Save contents. Contents pp. Illustrations p. Acknowledgments p. Introduction: The Algorhythms of the Exquisite Corpse pp. Part One: The Ludic p.

Events and the Exquisite Corpse pp. Cutting Up the Corpse pp. Exquisite Corpse is a great way to collaborate with other poets, and to free oneself from imaginative constraints or habits.

For example, you can jot down your favourite movie quote, fold over the paper then pass it on. See what you can pitch with Arnold Schwarzenegger or Hugh Jackman.

In book mode, an amalgamation of Germaine Greer and Nora Roberts could prove interesting. Like this: Like Loading Giant Wallabies. Follow Following. Thoughts Become Words Join other followers. Only after they have written the predicate can they flip up the paper to see what the subject is.

The whole sentence read together should be hilarious and unexpected. Word Choice. The first few rounds of this game might fall flat. This is because, if the words in the sentence aren't interesting words, the sentence will just be boring. Think of the words in the original sentence. What is more interesting than an exquisite corpse drinking blood-red wine? Choosing interesting words makes all the difference in this game.

In this way, you can teach your children about interesting words and use this game as a vocabulary builder as well as a fun activity. If you have several kids or family members in a group, there are many possibilities with this game. You can have everyone write a subject, fold it up, and put it in a bowl. Have everyone write a predicate and fold it up and put it in another bowl.

Take turns drawing subjects and predicates and reading them aloud.