Rob Harle #28 Péret vs Computer

Rob Harle #28 Péret vs Computer

Below are two poems, the first by the Surrealist poet Benjamin Péret, the second, written by a computer using a program I created called Poetry by Chance which writes stand alone poetry with no human manipulation. The comparison is both interesting and quite revealing!

XII (by Benjamin Péret)

An athlete laughing

a camel dancing

a man murdering his daughter

a rat kindling

a cow in clothing

a whale boarding a whaler

a lady withdrawing

a wave

a deity out for a drive

an untrue earth-tremor

a slough lit by dark lanterns

an open-plan furnishing

a shocking smile

If you can’t get satisfaction

see a doctor

who will not cure your maladies.

New XII (by Poetry by Chance)

A period slipping

a protein following

a host performing his drug

a rate costing

a Raphael above Ophelia

a restaurant suffering a lap

a Sibyl spending

a hero

a column up by a startle

a hundred hulled-Seth

a second serve by vulgar captains

a splendid Turing

a typical darkness

If you effectively grieve Clement

close a wake

who panics yet brings your galleries.