Ekimae Station
when defeat is inevitable
for six months
a cucumber should be
a chasm in two small jumps
vigorous writing
you have ceased to live
early to rise
cause comedy in the streets
those who can laugh
can become
the roots of true achievement
have gone stark raving mad
there's so much comedy
healthy and wealthy and dead
don't part with your illusions
writing is concise
don't be afraid
and then thrown out
oil prices have fallen
it is wisest to yield
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Here are the instructions for creating your own random poem:
Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the title of your poem.
Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
1) Select the first three or five words of the very first quote of the page for the first line of your poem.
2) Then the last three or five words of the next quote of the page is the second line of your poem.
3) Select the first three or five words of the third quote of the page for the third line, and then alternate as above until you’ve made it to the last quote…
(i have also reversed the process and took the first few words from the last quote, then the last few from the one above and so on to the top - hence the second 'stanza')
Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Fifth picture, no matter what it is, will be your poem image. This part is optional.
8 comments:
This is fabulous! Cucumbers and oil prices in the same poem, too much. I had to laugh when I read how you've written another (I've probably done a dozen), it's addicting! I hope it catches on...
Fantastic!!! so much fun to read!!!
What fun. I enjoyed reading what you came up with.
Now that is almost better than quivel. I have to look into this.
The thing is crazy enough to be a real poem.
"those who can laugh
can become
the roots of true achievement
have gone stark raving mad
there's so much comedy
healthy and wealthy and dead
don't part with your illusions
writing is concise
don't be afraid
and then thrown out"
who will believe this came out of a game...i too did this on my blog...just visit me on ah woman to see the results.
Very clever idea and it gave you a lovely poem that actually works.
i, too, was amazed with the outcome. this actually does make some sense
thank you all for looking in
These boggle my mind! Yours actually has some humorous connections and offers an over-all picture of the mad scramble to get ahead. I had to laugh.
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