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.

Game 1: Find a recipe online or from a book.

Game 2: Think of a person in your life.

Game 3: Write INGREDIENTS OF YOU at the top of a page.

Game 4: Keep the numbers, weight, method etc (eg. ‘3 large diced’) but replace all the foodstuff (eg. ‘Onions’) with qualities, hobbies, traits, charming stories etc of the person you thought of. Make the list longer if you need.