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MANIFESTO ON FEEBLE AND BITTER LOVE by TRISTAN TZARA

Poem Explanation

First Line: TO MAKE A DADA POEM
Last Line: The poem will be like you
Subject(s): DADAISM; JEWS; MYSTICISM – JUDAISM; POETRY & POETS; JUDAISM;
To make a dada poem
Take a newspaper.
Take a pair of scissors.
Choose an article as long as you are planning to make your poem.
Cut out the article.
Then cut out each of the words that make up this article & put them in a bag.
Shake it gently.
Then take out the scraps one after the other in the order in which they left the
bag.
Copy conscientiously.
The poem will be like you.


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