By: James Aitchison

(a dada pantoum)

tristan tzara cut words from a newspaper
did he use a compass when he explored nothingness
poems don’t need to have meaning he said
as he shuffled words in a paper bag

did he use a compass when he explored nothingness
he rejected every artistic discipline
as he shuffled words in a paper bag
plucking them out at random to make a poem

he rejected every artistic discipline
he said dada starts with words in a bag
plucking them out at random to make a poem
dada he said doubts everything

he said dada starts with words in a bag
poems don’t need to have meaning he said
dada he said doubts everything
tristan tzara cut words from a newspaper