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Interactive Poetry. Interactive Art.


I’m sure that all of you are familiar with haiku. While there are few hard and fast rules, usually haiku has the following:
1) Three lines
2) 17 syllables
3) An arrangement of 5, 7 and 5 syllables.
Your task as a group is to write haiku to illustrate each of the attached pictures. Please go crazy. While refraining from any inappropriate themes. There will be a second part, but you can’t get to it until you’ve done the first.
Please put each haiku on a separate sheet of typing paper. Thanks.

Also, please focus on the picture not the words. Thanks.


New Century; New Millennium; New Stuff

You were lucky enough to be born into the end of the twentieth century. Instead of outhouses, we have port-a-potties; instead of watching the fire burn at night, we have MTV; instead of public executions, we have Jack Kevorkian on 60 minutes.

Wait a second. I can see I'm starting out wrong. Let me begin again. You have been lucky enough to be born into the end of the twentieth century. We have many inventions that have made our lives easier. The downside to being born so late in the game is that it is a lot harder to be truly original today. Sometimes it seems that all the great thoughts have been thought and the great songs sung.

NONSENSE! In fact, today we will prove that originality and creativity are still possible. Today, each and every one of us will

do something never thought of or seen in
the history of
the funky western civilization!

Each person will choose an activity that has never before been attempted in history, and perform this activity on camera. You may involve as many people as you like, but each of us must come up with an idea. This project may be turned into a weekly public abscess television. Or not.

Some examples:

--Singing the Alphabet Song with your head underwater in the sink.
--Calling the operator to get directions to Detroit
--Telling the story of the three little pigs in Pig Latin
--Cutting your fingernails while playing Hacky Sack

You get the idea. If there is one.

Oh, yes. There is a prize for the most creative and original idea. The prize is cash.

Capping the Quote

Each of the following is the beginning of a not-so-well-known phrase or quotation. As a group, please complete the quote, with as much flair, originality and creativity as possible. We will read the answers at the end; if your group recognizes the correct answer, you will get a point. If other groups choose yours, you will get a point. Capiche?


1. It is easier to fight for one's principles than
2. The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and
3. Friendship is like money,
4. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask
5. Don't talk unless you
6. Nothing is particularly hard if
7. In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been
8. In the fight between you and the world,
9. Conscience is the inner voice that warns us
10. The trouble with the rat-race is that
11. It is better to die on your feet than

It is easier to fight for one's principles than
to live up to them—Alfred Adler
The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and
somebody to love you. - Brendan Behan
Friendship is like money,
easier made than kept. - Samuel Butler
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask
remains a fool forever. - Chinese proverb
Don't talk unless you
can improve the silence. - Laurence Coughlin
Nothing is particularly hard if
you divide it into small jobs. - Henry Ford
In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been
times like these. - Paul Harvey
In the fight between you and the world,
back the world. - Franz Kafka
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us
that someone might be looking. - H. L. Mencken
The trouble with the rat-race is that
even if you win, you're still a rat. - Lily Tomlin
It is better to die on your feet than
to live on your knees! - Emiliano Zapata

Fanning the Flames of Poetry

Please finish each of these sentences. Once you have completed this, we will talk in small groups about what we have written. After this discussion, each person will create one poem in any format.

When I was little

The first time I ever

If I hadn't done that, then I'd still be

I wish my mother had told me about

The last time I

Once I brush my teeth and get dressed, I've got to

If my father had only

If I were a teacher

If I had a million dollars

One night when the lights went out

It wastwo minutes after blastoff when

I couldn't open the door because

My hair stood on end as

I feel proud when

I hope I'll never

I often worry about

I feel bad when

I was never so embarrassed as when

I wish people wouldn't...


Viva Las Vegas



P.T. Barnum said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Today is your chance to prove it. Each person has been given $50 in KSOFA bucks—Three tens, three fives and five ones. For the next 15 minutes, you will have a chance to take other suckers’ money through bets in the following five areas:
Rock, Paper, Scissors Flipping a coin
Thumb wrestling Holding breath the longest
Tic-tac-toe Standing on one leg the longest
There are only a few rules:
1) You must accept any challenge
2) All bets are sudden death; no best two out of three
3) In the coin toss, the challenger must have a coin and is always “heads”
4) In tic-tac-toe, a tie goes to the person who was challenged


10 Bucks 10 Bucks 10 Bucks
5 Bucks 5 Bucks 5 Bucks
1 Buck 1 Buck 1 Buck
1 Buck 1 Buck