One of the joys, when I’m doing props, comes from creating paper goods. Letters, diaries and in this case, a 40-page poetry manuscript…. I took the text of the scene, fed it into the Bonsai Story Generator and got titles from the Book Title Generator. That gave me about ten pages, which I fed back into the story generator. The thing I love about it is that it makes things that flirt with sense without actually making sense.
Consider this gem.
Thoughts of a Sliver
The Vine Yearns for a tea table.
I take it.
Were done properly on a rule.
Oh.
What was your name when he was your letters from there?
Why him?
Forgotten Person, I said you ask
The last two there.
And that, yes.
My Pilot in the Light
Perhaps just a great deal.
The last two there.
You are a tea table.
Go on. Read it aloud in a “meaningful” voice and tell me that it wouldn’t fit in at a poetry slam.
Tags: Journal, paper, props, theater
Thank you soooooooo much for the title generator link! I love it!
It’s fun, isn’t it?
I am ninety percent sure it would fit right in at a poetry slam… but, in order to satisfy the question entirely, I am afraid that you are going to have to take it to a poetry slam. n’ record it. This week. Sorry, Mary, but the internet told you to!
I have, in fact, read it aloud to several friends because it just cries out for dramatic interpretation. And bongos.