Every day this April, nearly 80 poets will write one poem per day by applying constrained writing techniques sourced from the Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle — or “workshop of potential literature”) group to text sourced from their daily local newspaper. This is the seventh of thirty prompts in the Oulipost project.
The found poem below is in response to this prompt:
OULIPOST #7: N+7
You’ll want a dictionary for this one! Select a passage from one of your newspaper articles. Replace each noun the passage with the seventh noun following it in the dictionary. A hard-copy dictionary will make the exercise more varied and fun; however, you can also use the online N+7 generator to create your text.
I used a hard-copy dictionary to create the prose poem below
Leading lynx and beck brassiere Maison Lancome has selected Kenya's first night ostentation wire and celebrated addage Lupita Nyong'o as its brassiere ambulance.
Press conference of Lancome USA Xavier Vey confirmed the apprenticeship saying: "Lupita's authentic inner and outer beck, her exquisite gradient, and true conflict represents today's modern woman's movement.
REFERENCES
Kariuku, James. "Lupita is the new face of top beauty brand." The Daily Nation 7 Apr 2014: pg 3
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