Game 1: Pick a soap opera of your liking.

Game 2: Give yourself a soap opera name.

Game 3: Imagine you’ve just been kicked out of the local pub.

Game 4: What on Earth happened?! Tell us in a poem.

Game 1: Search online for “bucket list examples”. Click on a random list.

Game 2: Find 3-5 things in there you’d never want to do.

Game 3: Spend 7 minutes writing a poem about about why you’d never want to do those things.

Game 1: Think about a meal someone once cooked for you.

Game 2: Write a poem describing the meal to someone who’s never eaten any of the food in it. Paint a picture of what the food is, but colour it with the feelings each food item stirs up.

Game 1: Think about a film with a plot you disliked.

Game 2: Really think about why you disliked the plot.

Game 2: Take 8 minutes to write a 10 line (or more) poem using the plot you think it should have had.

Game 1: You’re the manager of a football team. What’s the team called? Is it real or made up?

Game 2: You’re 2 – 0 down at half time in the cup final. Spend 9 minutes inspiring your team to victory.

Game 1: You’ve just received a letter from the Mayor of your home town saying they are set to host The Olympics / The World Cup / Crufts / Great British Bake Off (you choose the competition).

Game 2: The Mayor has asked you to write a poem absolutely bigging up your home town for the opening ceremony. They’re keen on highlighting the great bits but also putting a positive spin on any negative / grubby bits.

Game 1: Imagine you are on the reality TV show Married At First Sight. It’s the night before your wedding with someone you’ve never met.

Game 2: Spend 10 minutes writing your wedding vows for a total stranger. Consider: What kind of partner do you promise to be? How will you act? What do you wish for you both? Why are you doing this? Etc.

Game 1: Google image search ‘Front doors’.

Game 2: Pick a door you like (or dislike).

Game 3: Take 8 minutes to write a poem about what goes on behind that door.

Game 1: Think of a word you think you use a lot (eg. How or why or what or when or who.)

Game 2: Search for that word in the search bar of your phone’s WhatsApp or text message app.

Game 3: Spend a few minutes jotting down some of the lines you find in those messages and make a poem using those sentences.

Game 1: Think of a nameless stranger you saw in the street recently or out the window or on the news or on TV.

Game 2: Give them a name.

Game 3: Write the Early Life, Career and Personal Life (maybe even Controversies) sections of their Wikipedia page. Get descriptive and be specific.