Poems as a password?

Researchers at the University of Southern California think they've solved a conundrum in our everyday lives.

How do we create a difficult password to crack, but remember it ourselves?

Kevin Knight and Marjan Ghazvininejad, a scientist and Ph.D student, respectively, at USC's Information Sciences Institute, believe the answer lies in metered, rhyming poetry. In short, by using a string of 60-bits (ones and zeros), then translated into verse form, a computer program can generate rhyming couplets that they claim is more difficult to hack--and easier to remember--purely because of the randomness of words, as opposed to something along the lines of "Be3fCake!29."

Knight and Ghazvininejad thought of using existing published poetry, but the reservoir of known work numbers only in millions. Using a computer generated rhyming couplet from the 60-bit string of ones and zeros allows billions of poetic options.

Some sample poems used from their site:

1.) Olympics crystal hurricanes 
afraid or Scorpions explains
2.) Supporters posted standardized 
exactly bandwidth synchronized
3.) And optimistic absolute 
entombed the growers Institute
4.) Dakota polka nominees 
the endless arrow Lebanese

Sure, it's as nonsensical and obscure as poetry created by any 10th-grader. But not only will it make a better password, it's the only time you'll ever see the words "polka" and "Lebanese" in the same poem.