Random Words Step One Randomly choose 15 entries from your dictionary. Just flip through the pages, close your eyes, and put your finger down on the page. Copy down the word that is closest to your finger. If your finger lands on a word that you don't know, you can choose the word just above or just below it (or maybe it is time to learn a new word). For the purposes of this assignment, count paired words as a single entry (for instance, "melting pot" is listed as a single entry). Step Two Shape your list of dictionary entries into a poem, using at least ten of the entries (you can, of course, use them all if you want). You can add articles, helping and to be verbs, coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions. Step Three Use any poetical element: refrains, alliteration, metaphors; you have poetic license!