archive thoughts on several notecards

© Notecards Press. 2013.

archive thoughts on several notecards

wilfred ahrens

“Archive Thoughts on Several Notecards” is a found poetry project that documents poetic lines on 150 individual notecards. The poems that make up this archive were all constructed using a random sentence generator and represent a total of nearly 10,000 randomly generated lines. Digitally reconstructed to resemble traditional 3x5 notecards, the piece is meant to be displayed as an installation as a large grid.

37

sometimes

entertain buildings

111

function as

time around

a circular form117

redact contents of facebook page

84

gratefully form

up sugar

2

change in

enormous and

unforseen waysbenefit3

use resourcesfor own material

117

redact contents of facebook page

131

warmly

challe

nge

an advertis

ment

42

famously sponsorsex beneath the

finger4

tactfully rearrange the

calendar year

33

drift i

nto a

position

of powe

r

54

live in a continuous state

of manufacturednormalcy

120

document the size of book-

bindings

44

neatly

photograph

intellegent cards

82 91

question that

which is already

established

41

invade every

corner ofprivacy

12

transofrm

humanity into

mechanical existence

helplessly join

news through conversation

conversation

19 22

keep a brain alive outside

a body

6 135

upload yourselfdrive 12 miles-per-hour overthe posted speed

limit

136 61

deplete ozoneforce human

on micro scalebehavior into

economicproblems

chronicle moon

over land

145 103

transition present reality publish

to potential manifesto

future

2 33

line pockets use words towith dollars organizeof corporations romantic error

2 143

create universal represent costs

library of same-sex parenting

manifesto

organizeromantic error

parenting

42

regulate flow of condiments

130

vasectomizeportions of

specific

32

elect discussion points from limited pool

36

do not let

authority figure

decide the purpose

148

reiterate words

of famous speeches

17

indicatediscrepancies on state tax forms

populations

100 99

the archive

simply start

with the penis

4 60

initiate th

e record the war

sigh with on inexpensive

repeated bre

aths canvases

90 48

preserve the acoustic sounds

of the windsmile

destroy

80

throw a partyin a blow-up stargazing room

62

disburse heat

off of squares

26

anticipatehorror of your

own fate 26

embrace the popping

of bright colors

55

study declineof community

values55

repeatedly

ask the question

‘‘why’’

41 83

isolate self for undetermined period of time

map wave out with bags

recover purpose

beside smell

64 49

documentinvention with

fear ofrepercussion

18 102

divise a dictator produce family

controlled systemunit accordingto rigid rules

with bags

fear ofrepercussion

to rigid rules

54 94

change the

external lands

cape

76 150

pollute the dream of dollarswater from beyond thoughtwhich you drink

70 116

question whetheryou should be

questioning something

tablulate length of

mamalian tails

handle debt payment

through payment

21

violently shake

notecards in a

box with paint 133

download imagesof animal deaths

55

occasionally

listen to your heart beat

7

dispell myth

of unknown proportion

81

study the growthrates of evolution

74

run fingers

across frozen

flesh

occasionally

86 145

transition have religiouspresent realityconversations

to potential with whalefuture

122 149

survey labs of

line pockets

numerous lan

dwith dollars

grant un

iversities of corporations

57 13

fabricatecreate universal underground library homes

44

neatly

photograph

intellegent cards

128

calculate the exact amount of

time you’ve been alive

2 2

spark facts agaist gold

2

transofrm

humanity into

mechanical existence

2

build a stream generator

helplessly join

news through conversation