Make a Dadaist Poem!

[man_in_mudboots]

How to make a Dadaist Poem

(by Tristan Tzara):

Take a newspaper.

Take a pair of scissors.

Choose an article as long as you are planning to make your poem.

Cut out the article.

Then cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them in a bag.

Shake it gently.

Then take out the scraps one after the other in the order in which they left the bag.

Copy conscientiously.

The poem will be like you.

And here you are a writer, infinitely original and endowed with a sensibility that is charming though beyond the understanding of the vulgar.

-Tristan Tzara

Its alot of fun. i used an artical on bass fishing, and i got:

Side your it’s to the

night a on are the

other at there old lures but caution

throw the place annuals one

of ever that will presenting

especially then the

that worm of is

of all coin in take pier around ‘s

nothing prone

and.

[man_in_mudboots]

i did it again with the same paragraph, and i was delighted to find that the second half of the first line made a little sense:

Worm throw night of nothing that will take place

at but in caution pier

it’s annuals ever the the then

especially your

the other around all prone the

and that there all side a is one of coin

lures on the are to old

of.

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

Could you explain it a bit more the explanation doesn't quite make sense right now, but it sounds fun.

Like right here

Then take out the scraps one after the other in the order in which they left the bag.

how did they leave the bag already? I just put them in. Damn Scraps.

[man_in_mudboots]

he he, 'leave the bag' means you take the scraps out.

[Daughter of the Nine Moons]

I must try this. I will be back

Edited May 5, 2005 by Daughter of the Nine Moons

[Daughter of the Nine Moons]

of had replaced those flesh

the its looking was plant-eaters

vegetarian ancestors legs away

it from vegetarian evolution

it act in meat had the dinosaur

duller of built-for-speed teeth variety

for but lost bigger becoming needed

serrated more developing

odd eaters tearing meat-eating

feathered caught already

were moving of smaller

the with the the was the belly

[Sir Christopher]

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Edited May 6, 2005 by Sir Christopher

[Daughter of the Nine Moons]

Thank you Sir Christopher. I think the point is that you don't edit it. Just let the words fallout as they may.

[man_in_mudboots]

that was awesome, Mme. Dot! and, judging from the words, you made a fine choice of what artical to use!

[girty1600]

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