The Exquisite ‘Ku
The Exquisite Corpse is a game the Surrealists would play where they’d fold a piece of paper into several rows. The first artist would draw something on the first section. Lines that went past the “bottom” of the first section would carry on just a little ways onto the next. When the paper was passed to the next person, all he would be able to see were the ends of those lines, so he’d blindly add onto the next section, and so on, through three or four contributors. These actually turned out cooler than you’d think. Some of them are hung in the Chicago Art Institute with each artist’s contribution, Dali’s, Breton’s, Miro’s, Tanguy’s, etc., identified.
Exquisite ‘Ku is a variation on the idea: the first entrant posts a haiku (or poem, or something) and then the next person takes his/her last line, word, or thought, and writes a haiku (or whatever) starting from there. Sometimes the haikus carry on a thought through several posters. Sometimes they’re not connected at all, except by that last line, which the new poster has taken in an entirely different direction. Sometimes they connect hilariously, kind of ironic call-and-response style. What can you make? There’s no rules, except that we encourage you to post actual haikus (3 lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables, or something close) and spam/gratuitous-posting-of-your-unrelated-work will be immediately deleted. You can toggle the previous entries on if you don’t want to play blind, or leave them off if you really want to have fun.
Please be advised: Participation in our Exquisite ‘Ku game gives ShowMeYourLits.com the right to post your ‘Ku, without compensation, to the ShowMeYourLits Twitter page. Attribution will be made according to the name you assign to your post.
Your prompt is:"... these glass slippers hurt "