Has anyone ever written, or thought about writing concrete poetry? I mentioned it at http://poetsgraves.co.uk/forum/viewtopi ... ight=#6127
and thought it'd be fun to see some people write it. it's all about the shape of letters on the page and the way they interact. here's my offering:
onlyconnect
onlyonecent
lonelyonely
noonenooneo
ononononono
nononononon
-oneonoone
-tenoneten
--onlyone
--oneonly
---ooneo
----one
-----o
[this should be centered and viewed in courier so all the letters line up!]
Concrete poetry
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there are better ways to present "white noise"
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compared to some concrete poetry, my example was pretty intelligible: see, e.g. "Birds" by Russell Atkins. Just thought those open to more experimental forms might find this interesting.
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thanks for that - although concrete poetry isn't always about the shape of the poem, it can also just be a series of letters which combine in different ways - e.g. starting with seven letters and making anagrammatic variations on those letters. edwin morgan's done some like this, e.g. "orgy".