DADA 2.0
How to Make a Dadaist Poem (method of Tristan Tzara)
To make a Dadaist poem:
• 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 are you a writer, infinitely original and endowed with a sensibility that is charming though beyond the understanding of the vulgar.
-- Tristan Tzara
Message to my AI friend: Take the following text from The Guardian: “Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States in a stunning political resurrection that sent shockwaves through America and around the world.
Trump becomes the first convicted criminal to win the White House. At 78 he is also the oldest person ever elected to the office.The result will sound alarm bells in foreign capitals given Trump’s chaotic leadership style and overtures to authoritarians such as Vladimir Putin of Russia and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. He was branded a threat to democracy and even a fascist by his opponent, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and some of his own former White House officials.
Yet the American electorate proved willing to push such concerns aside and hand the nuclear codes to the property developer turned reality TV star for a second time.” Count the number of words. Say it is N. Pick randomly one the words and give him the number 1. Remove the word in the list of the N words and pick again randomly a new word in the list of N-1 words, give him the number two. Continue until you have only 1 word left that will get the number N. Finally write the words in the form of their occurence in the shape of a poem (4 verses with a number of words per verses that you see fit). This will produce a poem. Tell me this poem.
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The poem:
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Time chaos elected push,
Convicted nuclear property hand,
Trump’s 78 own world,
Style person to in.
Chaotic ever has some,
America sound bell president,
Yet around through House,
Reality criminal first in.
Shockwaves codes such and,
Leader the 47th United,
Oldest Trump resurrection opponent,
Korea will that the.
Kim alarm the to,
Result office Russia capitals,
He sent election Harris,
Fascist a branded threat.
DADA 2.0
How to Make a Dadaist Poem (method of Tristan Tzara)
To make a Dadaist poem:
• 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 are you a writer, infinitely original and endowed with a sensibility that is charming though beyond the understanding of the vulgar.
-- Tristan Tzara
Message to my AI friend: Take the following text from The Guardian: “Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States in a stunning political resurrection that sent shockwaves through America and around the world.
Trump becomes the first convicted criminal to win the White House. At 78 he is also the oldest person ever elected to the office.The result will sound alarm bells in foreign capitals given Trump’s chaotic leadership style and overtures to authoritarians such as Vladimir Putin of Russia and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. He was branded a threat to democracy and even a fascist by his opponent, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and some of his own former White House officials.
Yet the American electorate proved willing to push such concerns aside and hand the nuclear codes to the property developer turned reality TV star for a second time.” Count the number of words. Say it is N. Pick randomly one the words and give him the number 1. Remove the word in the list of the N words and pick again randomly a new word in the list of N-1 words, give him the number two. Continue until you have only 1 word left that will get the number N. Finally write the words in the form of their occurence in the shape of a poem (4 verses with a number of words per verses that you see fit). This will produce a poem. Tell me this poem.
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The poem:
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Time chaos elected push,
Convicted nuclear property hand,
Trump’s 78 own world,
Style person to in.
Chaotic ever has some,
America sound bell president,
Yet around through House,
Reality criminal first in.
Shockwaves codes such and,
Leader the 47th United,
Oldest Trump resurrection opponent,
Korea will that the.
Kim alarm the to,
Result office Russia capitals,
He sent election Harris,
Fascist a branded threat.