Flarf!

Last week in my poetry lecture we looked at flarf poetry. One method used to create flarf poetry involves choosing a couple of unrelated words and sticking them in a search engine. Using the links displayed and the small samples you're shown underneath, you can pick and choose from words and phrases and build up a poem.
The results are daft and not necessarily great poetry with deep meaning. But the best part about it? It's fun! Choose the right words and you can be given a brilliant selection of quotes and phrases. If you work well with them then you can create a poem that shows that fun and that silliness. It can feel a little useless. Writing a poem with no strong sense behind it and so much disjunction, it can feel like a waste of time. But what's wrong with enjoying your writing? It doesn't have to result in a perfect piece, does it?
It's also good for shaking off the writers block. Experience a little freedom before having to tackle a task you think is more serious.
I played with flarf earlier, using the words Gauntlet and Hither in Google. I spent about 10 minutes with the first page of search results and this is what I came up with. You should pick your own words and have a go. Or use the same and see if you can come up with something better. Go on. It's fun.
Gauntlet Hither
My younger daughter, Fortune Hunter,
Didn't think Mace or Yoda dare pick it up.
Sauntering  Fortune Hunter, elbow length
fingerless mitts.
Gauntlets, velvet gauntlets.
Idiotic Fortune Hunter, destroyed
by another missile.
Start a combo - Fortune Hunter, the Gothlet, Darth Traya.
In their holiday finest they throw the gauntlet
in your face.
With a tightly clenched fist this time.
Dare to pick it up.