To make my Flarf Poem, I turned to my friends to my friends. My method is thus:
- Gather random words from my friends based on words chosen by me. Ideally the words that they give me are simply determined by word association, making them as random as possible. The topic of those words are as so: Object, Plant, Tool, Flower
The Entries I got from my friends are as follows
Bed, Carrot, Drill, Rose
Plate, Catnip, Hammer, Orchid
Stool, Corn, Gun, Rose
Weight, Fern, Screwdriver, Lilac
Cube, Beanstalk, Hoe, Lavender
Women, Basil, Hammer, Daffodil
and lastly, my own
Laptop, Wheat, Drill, Rose
2. Put the words in a random order, use ALL of the words
Rose, Plate, Fern, Hammer, Hoe, Screwdriver, Carrot, Basil, Rose, Stool, Beanstalk, Hammer, Orchid, Bed, Corn, Catnip, Drill, Lilac, Drill, Lavender, Weight, Wheat, Laptop, Gun, Daffodil, Cube, Rose, Women
3. Use each word as a line in a poem, make it as long or as short as you see fit
Pick a Rose
Set your Plate
Burn your Fern
Break the Hammer
Use the Hoe
Screwdrivers are for personal use only
Cut the Carrot
Put Basil in the sauce
Squeeze the Rose as hard as you can
Push in the Stool
Climb the Beanstalk
A Hammer can be used to break things
Orchids were her favorite
Go to Bed
Shuck the Corn and plant the kernels
Cats love Catnip
Power Drills are better than hand Drills
Lilac is a good scent for soap
Lavender oil is an ingredient you can use
A heavy Weight rests on your shoulders
Wheat is a base ingredient
My Laptop is valued
Guns are dangerous
Daffodils are not dandelions
A nondescript Cube
A Rose by any other name
Women are people
It is worth noting that I bent the rules a little when it came to the repeat of the word “Drill”
4. Arrange those lines from smallest to biggest
Go to Bed
Pick a Rose
Use The Hoe
Set your Plate
Cut the Carrot
Burn your Fern
Cats love Catnip
Push in the Stool
Break a Hammer
Women are people
A nondescript Cube
Climb the Beanstalk
My Laptop is valued
Guns are dangerous
Put Basil in the sauce
Orchids were her favorite
A Rose by any other name
Wheat is a base ingredient
Daffodils are not dandelions
Lilac is a good scent for soap
Squeeze the Rose as hard as you can
Shuck the Corn and plant the kernels
A Hammer can be used to break things
Screwdrivers are for personal use only
A heavy Weight rests on your shoulders
Power Drills are better than hand Drills
Lavender oil is an ingredient you can use
And there you have it! My Flarf poem and the method I used to make it.
Awesome! I thought I was the only person who knew about flarf.
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