method: metro poem

1. board a tube train
2. ponder the first line of your poem as you travel to the next stop on the line
3. at the next stop, write down that line
4. as the train moves on, ponder the next line
5. at the next stop, write down that line
6. repeat this cycle throughout the journey
7. if changing trains, allow yourself a new stanza
8. at your destination, alight and write down the final line

(devised by Jacques Jouet, Oulipo)

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