User:Alien333/Random poem
Floats a random poem from the Poems I've proofread, 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 sketchy but fast random choice and transcluded (hiding {{similar}}'s and {{header}}'s).
I have done 151 collections, for a total of 11067 individual poems, so about 73 poems per collection.
I currently intend to do all collections I can find on IA a) by women b) that don't have {{ls}} and c) are titled "Poems". I have identified 245 (though some scans on closer inspection may be bad). My progress:
Example output
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Random poem: Poems (Sharpless)/A New Year Hymn A NEW YEAR HYMN Welcome, oh dark veiled guest! whose stealthy feet Swift, unreturning, at our fireside pause; Joyous we greet thee, knowing not what causeOf joy be ours, ere thy passage fleet;Whether thy days be bitter, sad, or sweet, We welcome what thou bring'st, whate'er it be, Loving and trusting Him who ruleth thee. Thou com'st a fresh, fair gift, unmarred by aught Of human passions; ere thy course be told, What sorrows and what cares shall make thee old!Weighing thee heavily with anxious thought,A sombre robe of human feeling wrought. Yet not in vain; oh no, 'tis not in vain, This spelling of life's task in care and pain. Not with faint courage do we bid thee, hail! Beyond thy rule, beyond all such as thou We see a guerdon for the teaching now, We con a splendid issue to life's tale;And a clear faith, and hope that cannot fail, Whisper: "Be patient, when the years shall cease, Sweet is the victory, sweet God's perfect peace."
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Poem lists at Special:PrefixIndex/User:Alien333/Random poem/.