Wordle Poetry
Wordle became very popular very quickly during the pandemic. As a banker, a closed lobby meant fewer customers and more idle time, and I was very bored. Wordle was a great game to play in the mornings, but sometimes it didn’t fill enough time, so I thought of a way to make it part of a creative routine.
Every day, I’d play the Wordle, then I’d challenge myself to use my guesses to make a poem. After a few successful days, I put even more pressure on myself by creating an Instagram profile for this outlet, which I hoped would incentivize me to write the Wordle poem every day. And I did. For eleven days.
Here is one of the poems I shared, along with a screenshot of my guesses:
Like most habits I’ve tried to form, this one didn’t stick. And that’s ok. It was fun, it got me to write some different poems, and I think some of my friends enjoyed them while it lasted. I do still solve the Wordle nearly every day, and sometimes write a poem from it.
I use this failed endeavor as a way to remind myself that it’s ok to give up or even fail at small things. The daily Wordle poem ended up taking too much creative energy to maintain. I found other ways to use that energy that served me better. But it is a fun exercise that I do when I need a little inspiration for a poem.
Maybe you could try it as a writing exercise today!
Every day, I’d play the Wordle, then I’d challenge myself to use my guesses to make a poem. After a few successful days, I put even more pressure on myself by creating an Instagram profile for this outlet, which I hoped would incentivize me to write the Wordle poem every day. And I did. For eleven days.
Here is one of the poems I shared, along with a screenshot of my guesses:
Like most habits I’ve tried to form, this one didn’t stick. And that’s ok. It was fun, it got me to write some different poems, and I think some of my friends enjoyed them while it lasted. I do still solve the Wordle nearly every day, and sometimes write a poem from it.
I use this failed endeavor as a way to remind myself that it’s ok to give up or even fail at small things. The daily Wordle poem ended up taking too much creative energy to maintain. I found other ways to use that energy that served me better. But it is a fun exercise that I do when I need a little inspiration for a poem.
Maybe you could try it as a writing exercise today!
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ReplyDeleteI really like the way you turned Wordle from a quick morning game into a small creative writing exercise. The idea of using your guesses as the raw material for a poem is especially fun because the letters are already giving you a kind of structure to work within. It also made me think about how typography can influence the creative process—the shape and style of individual letters can sometimes make a word feel completely different before you even think about its meaning. I enjoy experimenting with different lettering styles through Letras Personalizadas, so I can definitely see how playing with fonts could add another layer to an exercise like this. And I appreciate your point about not feeling bad when a creative habit doesn't last; sometimes a short-lived experiment can still lead to something worthwhile.
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