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On Friday evening, Francisco invited me to dinner. At the time, I didn’t know who would be attending. Fran has been visiting from Argentina, and we’ve been meeting weekly for a few months now. We usually meet in a coffee shop with one of my former students to read and write poetry. Corrine is hosting Fran and suggested that they cook a meal for a few friends. I was delighted to see Carolyn was there.
Carolyn and I taught together years ago and have stayed friends, but we don’t see each other often, especially during the busy school year. We are on summer break and maybe that made us giddy, or maybe it was the wine, but we were laughing a lot.
Fran suggested we play “Exquisite Corpse.” I kind of knew what it was; I think I’ve done it with students, but I didn’t think of it as a common party game or a very reliable way to write a poem. Fran insisted this would be good. “It’s making new art–authentic,” he said.
I didn’t take it as seriously. Especially when Carolyn added the line “two left feet.” I laughed so hard.
Exquisite Corpse is a game that inspires creativity. As a sheet of paper is passed around, each person writes a line and folds the paper so the line is hidden for the next writer. After we wrote a few very rough verses, Fran and Daniel put the words to music. I believe good musicians can make anything sound good, even the words, “two left feet.”
Sounds like a fun night with friends and wine. I never heard of this game but want to give it a try.
What a fun time! I love that there was a good giggle among friends.
What fun! This is awesome! I love how your life is just filled with art and creativity! (PS If we ever manage to all get together, we’ll have to have a game of Exquisite Corpse on the docket!)
I agree. I laughed so much. It felt good.
Oh, how fun! Francisco sounds like a great person. I’m so glad you got to feel giddy with Carolyn and that you are already enjoying summer break. Now I want to play Exquisite Corpse. I think my kids would have liked that last week. They are always open to fun and games, but alas, we have had to say goodbye for a while. I remember years ago there was an online creation of an exquisite corpse story by famous authors. It was a lot of fun. It see it is still on the Read.gov website: https://read.gov/exquisite-corpse/
I’ve played this with students too, and I remember so much laughter. It seems like it would be very fun to play with writer friends.