Generate a random fact:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/amazingfactgenerator/
and create a short poem from it.
Random fact exercise
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bodkin
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A brand new VCR, ideal
for pressing flowers
and other weighty ways to pass the hours
but note it will be years before
there's a single cassette tape in the store...
A brand new VCR, ideal
for pressing flowers
and other weighty ways to pass the hours
but note it will be years before
there's a single cassette tape in the store...
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Great idea, Ian. Allow me. (I'll take the first fact presented, I promise.)
FACT
Elephants are the only animal physically unable to jump. This is because of their enormous weight.
POEM
Elephants cannot jump.
This is why they look so sad.
They can't forget it.
FACT
Elephants are the only animal physically unable to jump. This is because of their enormous weight.
POEM
Elephants cannot jump.
This is why they look so sad.
They can't forget it.
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John G
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Raymond the cockroach
was decapitated in a freak
accident in his flat
his head lay prone, like a
discarded football
for two weeks his body
crashed around the room
bumping into the TV,
the fridge,
knocking ornaments
off shelf and the family portrait
from the wall.
Raymond the cockroach
was decapitated in a freak
accident in his flat
his head lay prone, like a
discarded football
for two weeks his body
crashed around the room
bumping into the TV,
the fridge,
knocking ornaments
off shelf and the family portrait
from the wall.
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.