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Title: Robotic Poetry: All words start with S
Post by: entropae on January 19, 2010, 11:38:20 PM

I am a newbie to Escape Pod and loving it.  I just listened to EP064 where at the end the host read the poem that was written by robots(?) where all the words start with S.  I was trying to transcribe it because I love the idea and it was a completely family friendly poem.  Could you confirm if I got it right, including the spelling?

Stanislaw Siberiad
Seduced, shaggy Samson snored. She scissored short. Sorely shorn, soon shackled slave, Samson sighed. Silently scheming, sightlessly seeking some savage spectacular suicide.

Thanks

Title: Re: Robotic Poetry: All words start with S
Post by: stePH on January 20, 2010, 05:55:34 PM

Quote from: entropae on January 19, 2010, 11:38:20 PM

Stanislaw Siberiad
Seduced, shaggy Samson snored. She scissored short. Sorely shorn, soon shackled slave, Samson sighed. Silently scheming, sightlessly seeking some savage spectacular suicide.

I can't help but imagine Biggus Dickus reading this aloud.  ;D

Title: Re: Robotic Poetry: All words start with S
Post by: fearthepenguin on January 20, 2010, 06:10:59 PM

Ha! LoB reference FTW!

Title: Re: Robotic Poetry: All words start with S
Post by: wintermute on March 21, 2010, 08:55:32 PM

"Have it compose a poem - a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom! Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter s!"

Seduced, shaggy Samson snored.
She scissored short. Sorely shorn,
Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed,
Silently scheming,
Sightlessly seeking
Some savage, spectacular suicide.

--Stanislaw Lem, The Cyberiad: The First Sally (A) (Or:Trurl's Electronic Bard)
pp50-51 of the Harcourt 1985 paperback