some-poetry-generators.ipynb

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    "# Implementations of early and well-known poetry generators\n",
    "\n",
    "By [Allison Parrish](http://www.decontextualize.com/)\n",
    "\n",
    "Here's my cool stuff yeah! Allison's class was very interesting and now I like poetry a lot!!!\n",
    "\n",
    "Here is the poetry I made with COMPUTERS!"
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    "## A House of Dust\n",
    "\n",
    "Original written in Fortran in 1967 by Alison Knowles and James Tenney. [ELMCIP entry](https://elmcip.net/creative-work/house-dust). [More information](http://blog.calarts.edu/2009/09/10/alison-knowles-james-tenney-and-the-house-of-dust-at-calarts/). [Watch Alison Knowles read from this piece](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-68Z708lFsY)."
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    "import random"
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    "materials = [\n",
    "    \"cheese\",\n",
    "    \"ham\",\n",
    "    \"more ham\",\n",
    "    \"arugula\",\n",
    "    \"tofu for the vegans out there\"\n",
    "]"
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    "locations = [\n",
    "    'in the kitchen',\n",
    "    'in my office',\n",
    "    'outside'\n",
    "]"
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    "lights = [\n",
    "    'candlelight'\n",
    "]"
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    "inhabitants = [\n",
    "    'all races of men represented wearing predominantly red clothing',\n",
    "    'children and old people',\n",
    "    'collectors of all types',\n",
    "    'fishermen and families',\n",
    "    'french and german speaking people',\n",
    "    'friends',\n",
    "    'friends and enemies',\n",
    "    'horses and birds',\n",
    "    'little boys',\n",
    "    'lovers',\n",
    "    'people from many walks of life',\n",
    "    'people speaking many languages wearing little or no clothing',\n",
    "    'people who eat a great deal',\n",
    "    'people who enjoy eating together',\n",
    "    'people who love to read',\n",
    "    'people who sleep almost all the time',\n",
    "    'people who sleep very little',\n",
    "    'various birds and fish',\n",
    "    'vegetarians',\n",
    "    'very tall people'\n",
    "]"
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      "\n",
      "A house of ham\n",
      "     outside\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by fishermen and families\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of tofu for the vegans out there\n",
      "     in my office\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by french and german speaking people\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of ham\n",
      "     in the kitchen\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by people who sleep almost all the time\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of ham\n",
      "     in my office\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by people from many walks of life\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of arugula\n",
      "     in my office\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by friends\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of ham\n",
      "     in the kitchen\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by people who eat a great deal\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of cheese\n",
      "     in the kitchen\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by horses and birds\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of cheese\n",
      "     outside\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by all races of men represented wearing predominantly red clothing\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of arugula\n",
      "     in the kitchen\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by friends\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of cheese\n",
      "     in the kitchen\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by friends and enemies\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of ham\n",
      "     in my office\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by all races of men represented wearing predominantly red clothing\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of more ham\n",
      "     in my office\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by people from many walks of life\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of more ham\n",
      "     outside\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by little boys\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of arugula\n",
      "     outside\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by people from many walks of life\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of ham\n",
      "     in my office\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by friends\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of cheese\n",
      "     outside\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by fishermen and families\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of tofu for the vegans out there\n",
      "     outside\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by fishermen and families\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of more ham\n",
      "     outside\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by very tall people\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of tofu for the vegans out there\n",
      "     in the kitchen\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by people who eat a great deal\n",
      "\n",
      "A house of arugula\n",
      "     in my office\n",
      "          using candlelight\n",
      "                inhabited by children and old people\n"
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    "stanza_count = 20\n",
    "for i in range(stanza_count):\n",
    "    print()\n",
    "    print(\"A house of \" + random.choice(materials))\n",
    "    print(\"     \" + random.choice(locations))\n",
    "    print(\"          using \" + random.choice(lights))\n",
    "    print(\"                inhabited by \" + random.choice(inhabitants))"
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