Oh dear, you must have suffered.
On 11/14/05, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It starts in infant school.
>
> You get everyone in the class to say a word - it will usually be an
> adjective - that could be used to describe a cloud. Joe says "soft";
> Brandon says "fluffy"; Adam says "up in the sky"; Kieran says
> "thunderstorms!", and so on. You write the words on the whiteboard,
> then you make a poem called "Clouds":
>
> Clouds are soft.
> Clouds are fluffy.
> Clouds float up in the sky.
> Clouds make thunderstorms!
>
> That is what making poems is: the search for adjectives and attributes
> to associate with some object. Everyone's contribution is included.
> The resulting confection is lispily enunciated by the tallest girl in
> the class at one of those school assemblies to which parents are
> invited. Everyone claps appreciatively.
>
> Dominic
>
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