Dadapoetic is a playful poem generator inspired by the spirit of Dada.
It takes the words you give it, breaks them apart into letters, and reassembles them using scanned, physical images of alphabet cutouts. Each time you enter the same text, it creates a new visual composition — a unique "readymade" poem shaped by randomness, fragmentation, and texture.
This project combines language, typography, and chance to explore the absurd beauty of meaning (and meaninglessness).
It's a tribute to the Dadaists, and an invitation to create poetic noise in the digital age.
To make a dadaist poem
Take a newspaper. Take some scissors. Choose from this paper an article of the length you want to make your poem. Cut out the article. Next carefully cut out each of the words that makes up this article and put them all in a bag. Shake gently. Next take out each cutting one after the other. Copy conscientiously in the order in which they left the bag.
The poem will resemble you. And there you are—an infinitely original author of charming sensibility, even though unappreciated by the vulgar herd.
— Tristan Tzara, 1920
To generate a dadaist poem
Take a computer. Take keyboard. Go dadapoetic. Choose from any website an article of the length you want to make your poem. Copy the article. Next carefully paste the generator that makes up this article and put them all in a bag. Push the button gently.
The poem will resemble you. And there you are—an infinitely original author of charming sensibility, even though unappreciated by the vulgar herd.
— Rttansi Ratza, 2025