Adventure Poet Suggestion 10

10. (a) Write a cento then a centino using Walt Whitman but thinking about Anselm Hollo. Combine them as one and then (b) send it in the mail to a friend with the instructions to cross out the five worst lines. (c) Keep only those five lines as a short poem.

            Tips

* If you do not know what a cento is, then visit the library.

* Do not take your friend’s cuts personally.

* If the poem sucks, try it over and over until you succeed.