Hans Magnus Enzensberger developed the idea for a "poetry generator" capable of producing poems automatically as long ago as 1974. Discussions between André Heller, the developer Christian Bauer and Virgil Widrich led to the creation of a development concept. The online portal of the weekly journal "Die Zeit" was secured as the most important distributor of the poetry generator, which was developed by Christian Bauer and his team. The poetry generator can be tested at: