#schwitters

Merzbild Kijkduin (1923)

Kurt Schwitters (b. 1887, German)

Oil, pencil and wood assemblage on cardboard. 74.3 x 60.3 cm

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) Merzbild 5 B (Picture Red Heart-Church) 1919

Tempera, crayon, and paper on cardboard 83.5 x 60.2 cm

Based on Kurt Schwitters’s “Murder Machine 43.”

Write a 18 line poem. The title should be an object followed by a two-digit number. Each respective line includes, or is bound, but not limited to, the following in order:

Contains a big number

uses the word /thine/

uses the word /thou/

two words, marking the end of a sentence

a complete sentence starting with the word “And”

contains two instances of the same noun, one singular, one plural

ends with an exclamation!

ends with a colon:

another big number

describes an object’s shape

contains the phrase “no more”

names a political system (e.g. “communism”)

uses the form, “I am…, because….”

Same as previous line

Contains a list

Names the day of week

Names an animal

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