RE: FLUXLIST: mesostic

[Allan Revich]

n his early mesostics, Cage would simply write a word (usually a name) vertically down the page, with all the letters capitalized. Then, he would "fill in the blanks" and come up with a poem using the "spine" he had chosen. For Example (by the author):   the b Eautiful o Xen are ro Aming a Mong us op Portunity is be Laboring th Em   Cage dubbed these poems "acrostics" until Norman O. Brown pointed out that acrostics had their "spine" letters on the edges of the words, not down the middle. Cage renamed the poems "Mesostics", a word derived from "Acrostic", but with an indication that the vertical aspect is in the middle of the word.     -----Original Message----- From: owner-FLUXLIST@scribble.com [mailto:owner-FLUXLIST@scribble.com] On Behalf Of Madawg Painterofdark Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:56 PM To: FLUXLIST@scribble.com Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: mesostic            Just       fOr       tAble     faiNt       tEar         oF       lEaps     folLow        Drink       cHide       fUn        Ruby        Year   by Madawg   __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com