Game 1: Think of something stunning from the natural world: The sky, the ocean, mountains, grass, a giraffe, etc.

Game 2: Write a poem convincing everyone it was created just for you.

Game 1: Grab a newspaper or magazine, or head to a news site online.

Game 2: Find a headline that pulls you in for whatever reason. Don’t read the article.

Game 3: Write a poem that fits the headline.

Game 1: Imagine a toddler running into a bunch of pigeons.

Game 2: You are the toddler. Write for 4 minutes about the experience.

Game 3: You are the bunch of pigeons. Write for 4 minutes about the experience.

Game 4: Stick the two poems together with a ‘but’, ‘and’, ‘however’, linking word of your choosing. OR, create a poem from alternate lines from each perspective.

Game 1: You are a wrestler. Take a minute or two to come up with your name, what entrance music you come down to and what outfit you wear.

Game 2: Spend 8 minutes writing the speech you will yell down the camera to your opponent. Try to get the name, music and outfit into the poem somehow.

Game 1: Think of the name of a new planet and take a minute or two to jot down a few descriptions of what the place looks like.

Game 2: You have been declared president! Write your manifesto for the new planet’s future.

Game 1: You are a rubber duck.

Game 2: You are a rubber duck that is no longer used.

Game 3: Write a poem about your old life.

Game 1: Think of someone you haven’t spoken to since school.

Game 2: Take 9 minutes to write a poem explaining everything you’ve been up to since you last saw each other and chuck in two or three memories from back in the day with them. Be sure to exaggerate with wild metaphors that only you two understand.

Game 1: Grab a scrap of paper and rename 5-10 of your body parts with names of animals you like and countries you’ve visited and food you love and household objects you own and celebrities you trust and music you dance to. (Do more if you like/can!)

Game 2: Include those descriptions in a 10 line (or more) poem in which you have to try and convince a loved one you are you.

Game 1: Think of an embarrassing moment from your life – one that makes you shudder (and does not involve you hurting someone, physically or emotionally).

Game 2: Write a poem owning the situation. Celebrate what happened! Get your side of the story across with sheer pride. (Of course, protect the identity of others.)

Game 1: Open your nearest window or door. Note at least one smell, one sound, and three things you can see.

Game 2: Take those smells, sounds and sights and plonk them somewhere else you think they wouldn’t fit (another country? A different planet? A made up town?).