Bytown Bookshop » Uncategorized http://bytownbookshop.ca Used & Rare Books - Bought & Sold Wed, 09 May 2012 20:12:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Frankenpoem http://bytownbookshop.ca/2009/08/frankenpoem/ http://bytownbookshop.ca/2009/08/frankenpoem/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:36:54 +0000 Richard http://bytownbookshop.ca/?p=69 Not sure if this monstrous poem of grafted Twitter posts should be described as creative, crafty or just plain creepy.  

“The Longest Poem in the World” is composed by aggregating real-time public twitter updates and selecting those that rhyme. It is constantly growing at ~4000 verses/day.

Then again, finding amongst the clutter the odd couplet like the examples below can be quite amusing.

Forgive and forget, but keep a list of names just in case.
cant wait to get drunk tomorrow and punch you in the face

 or

An hour left of work. Three day weekend and a bach party. Yay!
I refuse to let this pagan upset me and ruin my day!

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