How to Write Surrealist Poetry

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Do a substitution poem.. Create a collage poem.. Make a "misheard" poem.

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Steps

1

Do a substitution poem.

Step 1

Do a substitution poem.

2

Create a collage poem.

Step 2

Create a collage poem.

3

Make a "misheard" poem.

Step 3

Make a "misheard" poem.

4

Do a "translation" of someone else's poem.

Step 4

Do a "translation" of someone else's poem.

5

Make an alphabet poem.

Step 5

Make an alphabet poem.

6

Read examples of surrealist poetry.

Step 6

Read examples of surrealist poetry.

7

Play surrealist word games to create poems.

Step 7

Play surrealist word games to create poems.

8

Do the "exquisite corpse" word game.

Step 8

Do the "exquisite corpse" word game.

9

Try the "opposites" word game.

Step 9

Try the "opposites" word game.

10

Do the "definitions" word game.

Step 10

Do the "definitions" word game.

11

Perform the "tactile" word game.

Step 11

Perform the "tactile" word game.

12

Sit in a dark, quiet room.

Step 12

Sit in a dark, quiet room.

13

Choose a letter of the alphabet to focus on.

Step 13

Choose a letter of the alphabet to focus on.

14

Focus on the act of writing, rather than what you are writing down.

Step 14

Focus on the act of writing, rather than what you are writing down.

15

Read over your automatic writing.

Step 15

Read over your automatic writing.

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