User:Alien333/Random poem
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Floats a random poem from the 123 Poems I've proofread (9209 individual poems) to the right (example output below).
Takes no parameters: {{User:Alien333/Random poem}}
They're not filtered in any way, so there's no guarantee on the quality of it, although it's mostly good.
Relying on User:Alien333/Poemlist to get a subpage list, of which every page is itself a poem list. These poem lists are concatenated (there are multiple to avoid making the page too large). A poem is then picked with a sktechy but fast random choice and transcluded (hiding {{similar}}'s and {{header}}'s).
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Random poem: Poems (Strong)/The Pelican in the Wilderness
THE PELICAN IN THE WILDERNESSFeb. 9, 1904. Bear's Cut (the Horseshoe Beach) From yonder wild and lonesome wood, Where stands a gnarled tree, The Pelican now issues forth In curiositee. He views me with distrustful eye As if to say, "Just see, There is another crazy loon A-writing about me. From David's to the present time They all have let me be, Because a face and name like mine Don't go in poetree. For years unnumbered, countless, aye, For many a centuree, I've spent my time in living up To that old psalmistree. It's tiresome to haunt the wilds With such persistencee; But David there has writ me down And so I am not free. But, really now, my style pronounced Should my protection be; When poets want some novel point, They need n't fix on me." Then, weary of the theme, he sought The wood, and moodilee The Pel. sat in the wilderness And sulks upon a tree.
 MARBLEHEAD, MISS RICE AND L. C. S.: 1902 |