Vogon Poetry Generator

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See, see the wordy sky
Marvel at its big army fatigue depths.
Tell me, Scott do you
Wonder why the turkey ignores you?
Why its foobly stare
makes you feel sweaty.
I can tell you, it is
Worried by your tresede facial growth
That looks like
A condiment.
What’s more, it knows
Your hobnob potting shed
Smells of frog.
Everything under the big wordy sky
Asks why, why do you even bother?
You only charm moulds.

This is via Matthew Salomon who will be performing in Maryland at Artomatic next week. And lest I mislead you about his typical offering (hint not Vogon), regular poems, classic or typographical play, 12 easy steps towards a stronger better clerihew and he also posted this mini-movie of a Shakespeare sonnet spun into a new context:

from sounDeva.

And to point out also this from his archives: Zbigniew Herbert‘s poem: “Mr. Cogito Meditates on Suffering”. (That led to my browsing The Collected Poems: 1956-1998)

A lot of the poems Salomon points out with a parallel text in original language with links to poets and translating poets. It’s always a pleasure to access the feel of the poems like that even if I don’t read the language.

He also has occasional theory posts, such as on enjambment which he describes as a sonic effect, not only page. It’s semantic not disruptive visual syntax when done well.

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