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dan burgess
Apr 09, 2015
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WTF?

‘Kennings’ (from Old Norse) — poetic phrases used in addition to the usual name of a thing.

Find something, then write as many ways of describing it with new names, then share and see who can guess what it is.

It’s fun, if you’re five, fifteen or fifty.

Creative exper…

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