Word Association Exercises

As discussed in English 233, I took some time to delve into word association and creativity exercises. Below are my exercises, and fragments of poetry in various phases of completion, with particularly striking passages bolded and italicized.

Word: "Glance"

1) glance dance

glance glaze

glance glow

glance pants

glance grow

glance grout

glance go

glance lance

glance gander

glance goose

glance stance

2) glance stare

glance look

glance impression

glance chance

glance brief

glance graze

glance hardness

glance soft

3) glance grout

grout tile

tile floor

3) glance look

look up

up high

high school

school girl

girl talk

talk about

about face

face off

off road

road trip

trip up

up stairs

stair way

way out

out side

side car

4)Initial Composition, with collaboration

paragon bygone conclusion delusion

grandeur gander grander candor

banter talk chatter ramble

ramble on top dollar

bill will shill chill

cold empty desolate dark

ark animal magnetism attraction

reaction repulsion Rapunzel bundle

trundle lumber wood forest

for rest to sleep sweep creep crest

Revision (Barbershop)

Ramble on, talk, banter.

Shill, chill; dollar, Bill?

Gander at the grandeur

of the Rapunzel bundle

on the tile floor.

Rest now, sleep creeps

and I must sweep.

4) Another attempt at associative exercise, this time as a stream-of-consciousness piece using the word association, leapfrog, connotation and alliterative methods at will. As above, interesting pieces are bolded and italicized.

grander grandeur gander candor pander panda planned a banned a brand her brander slander slammed her slammer stammer stutter butter utter udder mother other and another brother smother and another wonder blunder torn asunder up and under up and out handout tryout dry out blackout hangout hang out hang up cut up cut out pout shout layabout rout root route en route ensemble humble stumble rumble in the jungle jingle jangle I've got spurs that jingle jangle spangled newfangled angles angels mange manger stranger danger high voltage low wire high wire guy wire fire choking hazard Dukes of Hazzard has jazz jazz razzmatazz as was us trust us blunderbuss torn asunder blunderbuss delirious and serious and weary us and clearly us and clearly weary Siri us has as was because the buzz the bee the sting the wedding ring and who would sing of such a thing green ring ping pong gone ding dong ring gone bring song so long begone bygone conclusion confusion delusion intrusion Peruvian Parisian artisan Armenian bulimia septicemia no worry I believe in ya ja ja da da Dada mama drama slammer grammar stammer

My phrases of interest so far:

glance gander

gander grander candor

forest for rest to sleep sweep creep

mother other and another brother smother and another

pout shout layabout

delirious and serious and weary us and clearly us and clearly weary Siri us

ding dong ring gone

A potential poem from the above.

Ramble on, talk, banter,

pander with candor as you shill.

The barbershop is us

and mother, and a brother, and

another, and another.

Mother, clearly weary,

near delirious, quite serious,

watching her Rapunzel bundle

fall in angles to the floor

like undergrowth in an ancient forest.

Ding dong, hair gone.

The barber says to us and mother

"rest now, sleep creeps"

and starts to sweep.

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This blog was originally used as a point of discussion for an English class I took in the Fall of 2009. I'm taking it over now, though, and will be using it as a point to discuss art and culture as I come across anything that strikes me as interesting. All observations and criticism will obviously be my own, but feel free to comment on anything I say as I know I won't be right on a lot of things.

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