magnetic poetry
Refrigerator word tiles
Magnetic poetry is a creative writing activity using individual words printed on small magnets, arranged on refrigerators or other metal surfaces to form phrases and poems.
The format—with its limited vocabulary and improvisational combinations—encourages playful, often absurd compositions: The magnetic poetry on her fridge read "whisper dream moon goddess breathe".
By extension, any writing with that fragmentary, ethereal quality.
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- automatic writingText produced unconsciously
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- symbolic imageryPictures representing abstract concepts
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anagrams · sentence fragments · wordplay · collage · creative writing · free association · avant-garde · William Burroughs · Scrabble · mix and match · typewriter · palindromes · rhyming dictionary · puns · crossword puzzle · tongue twisters · haiku · sketchpad
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magnetic poetrypen and paper
Basic tools for correspondence
handwriting · calligraphy · permanent marker · digital text · oral poetry
magnetic poetryepic poetry
Extended narrative in verse
classical verse · poetry anthology · collected works · high art
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