AlienFlower Writing Exercise - Come Together
--The Beatles Come Together (Lennon/McCartney) Here come old flattop, he come grooving up slowly He got joo-joo eyeball, he one holy roller He got hair down to his knee Got to be a joker he just do what he please He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger, he shoot coca-cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me He bag production, he got walrus gumboot He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knee Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease Come together right now over me [Right! Come, oh, come, come, come.] He roller-coaster, he got early warning He got muddy water, he one mojo filter He say "One and one and one is three" Got to be good-looking cos he's so hard to see Come together right now over me Oh Come together Yeah come together Yeah come together Yeah come together Yeah come together Yeah come together Yeah come together Yeah oh Come together Yeah come together ---
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Also, we are happy to share this fun writing exercise with you:
Making Random Things Come Together
To start this exercise, write a word list for each of the topics below. Be brave and bold.
- Name some things you fear.
For example: God, fire, grasshoppers, death, ugliness, poison - Pick a color and then use the color word to describe something. For example: Blue is the ocean. As blue as frosting. Blue is nail polish.
- Name something that is a superpower or super powered thing.
For example: Human flight. Time travel. A food making (replicator) machine. - List some words that have to do with music.
For example: Crickets, Bad Influence. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. - Write down at least five cool sounding words.
For example: Trickle. Fresh. Canopy.
- Name a place.
For example: Arbuckle. Honolulu.
- Describe a few of your secret desires.
For example: Hey.... Your turn to share with me ;-)
- Describe something(s) you did when you were seven years old.
(I think you understand now what to do here.)
Okay! That's the hard part. Now, write a short (maybe no longer than 24 lines) using the things from your list above. You don't have to use everything.
Send us your word art or lyrics, from this exercise and we'll share your work on the AlienFlower Web site. Here we're sharing two exercise submissions below by Michael Levy and Jackie Pilayan. When Michael tried this exercise, his writing moved in a new direction that's very different than his normal voice.
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Untitled
by Mark Slattery
I have a fear of discovery, of what,
I will not admit even to myself.
Myself grins in knowing -
wanting, willing, waiting to share
In the blood red light of meditation
I seek Nirvana enlightenment samadhi
Myself smiles in growing -
waiting, wanting, willing, to share
Are angels and demons both sides of one coin
Myself and I the least among them?
Myself, on the other side, laughs.
Willing. Wanting. Waiting.
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Opening Night
by Michael Levy
Some people think
of spiders and snakes, asleep or awake,
illusions in the garbed dark.
Their dreams consume
the strength of Hercules.
Their music, to the ears of the gods,
beats in the clouds.
It is harp strings on earth.
Be-bop-a loo-la!
In the bedroom
is moats-art
on the toilet.
He is mystical and he floats
effortless. Zephyrs surge.
No thing less drifts
and the ocean waves ,,,, over it all.
Here is Broadway 'n a different way
playing tricks on the teacher.
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A Peaceful Nightmare
by Jackie Pilayan
Pink do my cheeks turn
As I stand alone in the crowd.
Wishing and hoping was I
For someone to speak to me.
I stand and wonder
If I've shooed them away,
With my Bible and my scarred tummy.
I chose to close my eyes,
Nod to a silent rhythm,
And erase all hidden shame and anger.
As I lifted my foot up to dance
I took one last glance
And surprised was I, to be in Paris, France.
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Thinking of you with love,
