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"The Computer's First Christmas Card"

One of my favourite old poems;

jollymerry
hollyberry
jollyberry
merryholly
happyjolly
jollyjelly
jellybelly
bellymerry
hollyheppy
jollyMolly
marryJerry
merryHarry
hoppyBarry
heppyJarry
boppyheppy
berryjorry
jorryjolly
moppyjelly
Mollymerry
Jerryjolly
bellyhoppy
jorryhoppy
hollymoppy
Barrymerry
Jarryhappy
happyboppy
boppyjolly
jollymerry
merrymerry
merrymerry
merryChris
ammerryasa
Chrismerryas

MERRY CHRYSANTHEMUM

"The Computer's First Christmas Card" Edwin Morgan, 1968.

Set to music back in 1991 by a Slovenian band Videosex. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGUCM98WmU

Sibelius wrote:

> jabberwocky

Now that is a poem. 'Snicker-snack went his vorpel sword'... 'beware the jubjub bird'... :D

That's the only kind of poetry I kind of like. The slightly deranged kind. In fact, the more deranged the better.

I once bought a book (now lost) which had a poem about the colour purple. It was just the word purple written in numerous ways in quirky typographies.

And you know the bit in The Shining when his wife finds what he's been writing - All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - typed out in various ways. If that was available as a book I'd probably want to buy it.

Sometimes I think that near-nonsense, surrealism, jabberwocky is the most honest/creative kind of writing. Sometimes.

pb's been at the Christmas Sherry ;)

Supposed to be a computer trying to write a first Christmas card. I like it, but then I first read it when I was about 12...

Er.... what the hell?

One of my favourite old poems;

jollymerry
hollyberry
jollyberry
merryholly
happyjolly
jollyjelly
jellybelly
bellymerry
hollyheppy
jollyMolly
marryJerry
merryHarry
hoppyBarry
heppyJarry
boppyheppy
berryjorry
jorryjolly
moppyjelly
Mollymerry
Jerryjolly
bellyhoppy
jorryhoppy
hollymoppy
Barrymerry
Jarryhappy
happyboppy
boppyjolly
jollymerry
merrymerry
merrymerry
merryChris
ammerryasa
Chrismerryas

MERRY CHRYSANTHEMUM

"The Computer's First Christmas Card" Edwin Morgan, 1968.