Say you’re a Dadaist poet, but you’re tired of slicing up ribbons of newspaper to make your random poetry. You might stop by this web page where the computer can do the cut-ups for you, based on any text of your choosing. There are lots of variants on the cut- up machine, as well as other games and tools for unleashing writerly creativity: Java-based magnetic poetry based on the lexicons of Anais Nin, Baudelaire, Bukowski; interactive, collaborative poems; techniques and games for writing, etc.
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Language is a virus.
Say you’re a Dadaist poet, but you’re tired of slicing up ribbons of newspaper to make your random poetry. You might stop by this web page where the computer can do the cut-ups for you, based on any text of your choosing. There are lots of variants on the cut- up machine, as well as […]
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