> In 1972 after much reading of Cage and a personal
letter from him, regarding my having been "let go" (fired)at Kenyon College, I
developed a poetry technique which
I later termed "Fluxpoems." At that time I cut out words from
Magazines and newspapers, usually in bold type (similar to
what a kidnapper would do, I think) and rolled dice as to how
to past them down. Ie. If I rolled a seven I would pick out
seven pieces of paper from a hat, paste therm down, and so on. I
rolled dice as to number of lines.
Today, I picked up a newspaper, closed my eyes,
made marks with a magic marker, then typed up the words marked in order.
I limited my choice to ten marks for the sake of brevity. -Don Boyd
Fluxus West
POEM
The
Filters at the plant
ting precauti
wate
in," he said
at facto
RAISE
law
Police
Such action would occur
-Don Boyd
4-26-2000
