Wednesday

How to make a Dadaist Poem


This is very simple and should make you feel infinitely creative. Write out the words, or turn into a peice of art by making a collage of your words. To make a Dadaist poem, simply follow these instructions, written by Tristan Tzara.

1) Take a newspaper.
2) Take a pair of scissors.
3) Choose an article as long as you are planning to make your poem.
4) Cut out the article.
5) Then cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them in a bag.
6) Shake it gently.
7) Then take out the scraps one after the other in the order in which they left the bag.
8) Copy conscientiously.
The poem will be like you. And here you are a writer, infinitely original and endowed with a sensibility that is charming though beyond the understanding of the vulgar.

Dadaist literature was a style of poetry that revolted against a world that man's intelligence had failed to control. The works were very anti-intellectual, just like the artwork which was portrayed as 'anti-art.' Some famous Dadaist and Surrealist poets are: Andre Breton, Paul Elvard, Louis Arogon, Tristan Tzara and Hugo Ball.

Here's one of my "Dada Poems..." created the nonconventional way here.

will will to day are
dream then the to...will moments
created mind space occupy will
created the must I contribute
I so I to something
change must things those things