The "Cut-Up" method of creating poetry came about in the 1950's. Brion Gysin had sliced up part of a newspaper and happened to notice that by combining random parts of the text, one could come up with some interesting passages. William Burroughs, with his already-fragmented style, soon jumped on the bandwagon, producing cut-up poetry and prose. Anyone with a pair of scissors could be a poet.

Now anyone with a JavaScript-compatible browser can create their own cut-up poetry, thanks to RoboPoet.