Class Collective Six Word Memoirs

The ENGL 4863 class wrote the following six-word memoirs by each starting with a single sheet of paper, writing one word and passing it to the right.  The second person wrote the second word, and the thrid, the third, etc.  We did this for three rounds, switching directions on the second wave.  On the third round, we each wrote two words at a time.  "Memoir" was loosely defined before the exercise as writing of a life, or autobiography, with poetic license. 

ROUND 1:

a.

Quick! Run crazily down halways, clap.

b.

Becoming

gladder hasten the

END now

c.

Just because

you

NEVER

got

any

d. 

Stinks

to attack

frogs-and-snails

mouth first.

e.

Bubbles, crisp fall cereal unrecalled perogative.

f.

aligned quietly in school with

freaks.

g.

Moved away

      jolly needs

leap into

h.

Storms castles

wrote

meaningless

words

silently.

ROUND 2:

a.

Blasted blasters blasting bloated bleating banned.

b.

smack     me       in   secret

but

cry

c.

Waited forever for

MYSTERIES

spyglass

resolve

d.

Bibliophiles run swiftly

William-Caxton diagrees

effervescentsavingfollyguile

e.

Humming quickly beside mine own skull.

f.

When in underclothes run wildly, friend.

g.

Kittens!

eating

mice

always

tasty horror.

h.

leaves

glitter toothpaste

after

noon     always

ROUND 3:

a. 

fall faster into your own filth.

b.

Coming down

found ballon

laughing softly

c.

Bound by moral imperatives without law

d.

Honestly, if

you knew

you'd act

e.

The night crept up goddamn fast.

f.

stable shut inside the butterlies heart

g.

Told twice booze ain't gonna do.

h.

Firefiles drowning in every asterbloom array