Remember, many of the most effective phrases or metaphors are those that are most surprising. Exquisite Corpse is a great way to collaborate with other poets, and to free oneself from imaginative constraints or habits. The only hard and fast rule of Exquisite Corpse is that each participant is unaware of what the others have written, thus producing a surprising-sometimes absurd-yet often beautiful poem.

The name 'Exquisite Corpse' comes from a line of poetry created using the technique: 'The exquisite corpse will drink the young wine.' The game was also adapted to drawing, where one participant would draw thehead of a figure, the next the torso, etc. For example, each sentence in the poem could be structured 'Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adjective, Noun.' Articles and verb tenses may be added later or adjusted after the poem has been written. In order to write a poem, participants should agree on a sentence structure beforehand. Exquisite Corpse is played by several people, each of whom writes a word on a sheet of paper, folds the paper to conceal it, and passes it on to the next player for his or her contribution.

It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.Exquisite Corpse is a collaborative poetry game that traces its roots to the Parisian Surrealist Movement. Exquisite Corpse confirms Brite as a writer who defies categorization. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London's Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, Poppy Z. Together, Compton and Byrne set their sights on an exquisite young Vietnamese-American runaway, Tran, whom they deem to be the perfect victim. Tortured by his own perverse desires, and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed his 'art' to limits even Compton hadn't previously imagined. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his 'art' to new heights. To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. From the author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes a thrilling and chilling novel that bestselling author Peter Straub says serves as a 'guidebook to hell.'

The exquisite corpse book