Monthly Archives: January 2012
Taking a shot at creating an IBM Poem (a la Emmett Williams)
- A=minty
- B=umpire
- C=fresh
- D=life
- E=grass
- F=bun
- G=filter
- H=air
- I=caught
- J=din
- K=switch
- L=no
- M=office
- N=egg
- O=out
- P=yes
- Q=height
- R=imp
- S=jar
- T=tea
- U=candy
- V=zoom
- W=x-ray
- X=stem
- Y=vile
- Z=waffle
“ART”
minty imp tea
office caught egg tea vile
caught office yes
tea grass minty
oranges burnt burnt caught fresh grass
fresh minty candy filter air tea
grass filter filter
tea grass minty
zoom caught no grass
fresh minty candy filter air tea
oranges burnt burnt caught fresh grass
vile grass jar
tea grass minty
filter imp minty jar jar
office caught egg tea vile
out imp minty egg filter grass jar
umpire candy imp egg tea
umpire candy imp egg tea
fresh minty candy filter air
bun imp grass jar air
filter imp minty jar jar
bun imp grass jar air
office caught egg tea vile
fresh minty egg life vile
bun caught no tea grass imp
minty caught imp
tea grass minty
filter imp minty jar jar
bun caught no tea grass
bun caught no tea grass
tea grass minty
filter imp minty jar jar
waffle out out office
fresh minty candy filter air tea
egg out
filter imp minty jar jar
Brief Description: I was drinking tea while gathering the words for the vocabulary and I just wrote about what I saw or thought about as I walked out of the kitchen. The other words came from making my morning coffee and cooking breakfast before going to work. The phrases turned out to tell a story with lots of minty things.
My favorite lines are“oranges burnt burnt caught fresh grass” and “egg out” because they give you an amusing, visceral image, which I drew upon to make a few sketches during my hand-written composition.
The word doc version has the appropriate font changes.ART_poem_final