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Dylan Thomas: Random poem generator

Dylan Thomas writing

Ever fancied being able to write like Dylan? Sadly we can't offer you literary greatness, but our random poem generator might help a little.

Last updated: 06 November 2008

The waiting leaves of the skylark
The greenleaved cobblestreets in flesh,
Streaking by the star-struck warm rabbitcatcher
For drowned nannygoats cover
With no more horses than the dusk

Click here to generate another poem

It's said that if an infinite number of monkeys were each given typewriters for an infinite number of years, they'd come up with the complete works of William Shakespeare. We wondered if the same would apply to the works of Dylan Thomas.

However, being sceptical about the idea of monkey literature, we looked instead for a more efficient way to amuse ourselves. And so the Dylan Thomas random poem generator was born.

Simply hit the link to make a new poem, which will appear below. We can't guarantee it'll make sense, but the results can certainly be interesting!


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