Experimental Poetry 11

10/18/19

This experimental poem splits words in random places.

To illustrate this idea, I use my Haiku 305

powerful wind gusts 
slip through the windowsill cracks 
winter inside me

Now consider the effect of splitting each word (or not) at random places.

First, I have a parameter that is set to between 0 and 1, call it k. I then assign each word in the poem a random number between 0 and 1, call it r_i. If r_i >= k, then that word will get randomly split. The smaller you make k, the more words in the poem will be split.

The way the random split works is, first I get the length of the word, L_i. Then I split the word at randbetween(1,L_i). I then use the left() and mid() functions and concatenate to put the pieces together.

Here are some examples:

pow erful wi nd gu sts
sl ip th rough th e wind owsill c racks
win ter ins ide m e

powe rful wi nd gus ts
s lip thro ugh the win dowsill cr acks
wint er i nside m e

Check out the random splitting spreadsheet here. You are free to edit it as needed, but please credit Statisticool.com if you use this idea.

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