Poem found here: "To Make A Dadist Poem" by Tristan Tzara This is a recipe to make a Dadist poem. Simple as that. Right? Well, to look further into it is against the dadist mantra -- trying to be logical and reasonable about art. But, ironically enough, the recipe style of this poem leads to a false of logic and reason with the exception of the outcome. "Take a newspaper / Take some scissors / Choose from this paper an article the length you want to make your poem." Note that when choosing the article, don't focus on content, focus on length -- no meaning, no focus. "Cut out the article / Next carefully cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them all in a bag." Steps that lead one after the other where there are only words left. "Shake gently" The adverb here makes me laugh because I think of this poem at this point as one about what's not being stated. The meaning, the focus. So to have a direction is ou...
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