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which reminds me of a form we used
fluXosticOn May 21, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Allan Revich wrote: 1) mesostic (non-conforming) 2) simple mesostic 3) meso-acrostic 4) Brown Mesostic 5) non-Cage mesostic 6) basic mesostic 7) ? ...suggestions?
paleoXosticOn May 25, 2006, at 4:53 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:fluXosticOn May 21, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Allan Revich wrote: 1) mesostic (non-conforming) 2) simple mesostic 3) meso-acrostic 4) Brown Mesostic 5) non-Cage mesostic 6) basic mesostic 7) ? ...suggestions?
which reminds me of a form we used to use a lot in the late 80s which we called fluxonyms. here's a bunch of them here.http://www.muse-apprentice-guild.com/winter_2003/miekal-collaboration/literary_magazine.htmlOn May 25, 2006, at 3:53 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:fluXosticOn May 21, 2006, at 1:55 PM,
On 2006 May 21, at 10:59 AM, Allan Revich wrote: So the issue is, what becomes of the "0% mesostic"? It is not an acrostic. It is not 50% mesostic, nor is it a 100% mesostic. I remain wont to call it a mesostic as that term seems well-suited to describe an acrostic poem with the phrase down the
On 2006 May 21, at 1:55 PM, Allan Revich wrote: The more I learn, the less I seem to know! Rod, what do you think?Hahahahaha! Well, yes, I think I may have answered this in my last post.Allan, I think that if you can come up with a unique way of constructing your poemsusing acrostics, then you
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On 2006 May 21, at 10:59 AM, Allan Revich wrote:
So the issue is,
what becomes of the &q
That would be a rhopalic verse (only one 'l')
Of text in which each word contains one more
letter or syllable than the one preceding it.
This word derives from the Greek rhopalos, for a club or
cudgel which, like most of its kind, is thicker towards one end than
the other. Though the English
Sorry, I meant to say an anti-rhopalic verse...
On 2006 May 22, at 10:29 AM, Rod Stasick wrote:
...would be a steady reduction of her first line idea to an
exhausted state - a kind of rhopallic verse or syllabic snowball,
then it would fit the name more closely.
Rod
On 2006 May 22, at 10:47 AM, Allan Revich wrote: Thanks Rod for such a thoughtful answer. I confess to remaining unconvinced that only Cage's mesostic forms can rightfully be called "mesostic", but I am certainly much better informed than I was a week ago! It is interesting to contemplate
On 2006 May 22, at 10:48 AM, Cecil Touchon wrote:
That would be a rhopalic verse (only one 'l')
Thanks Cecil. I caught that when it showed up later.
I really meant anti-rhopalic (and anti-snowball as well, I suppose).
Rod
Revisiting my
revisitation:
From Perloff's article it seems
that Cage may not have used the "0% mesostic" or meso-acrostic himself. But the
same article (same paragraph) does suggest that the term may still apply to
meso-acrostic poems that do not conform to Cage's mesostic rules, since it
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On 2006 May 19, at 8:43 AM, Allan Revich wrote: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
I remember going thru this before but I forget what the rules for
mesostics (as set forth by Cage) are...?
On May 19, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Rod Stasick wrote:
I don't know where this example came from,
but it is NOT a mesostic. Neither is Dawgs
unfortunately. Neither one follow the rule of
On 2006 May 19, at 11:06 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
I remember going thru this before but I forget what the rules for
mesostics (as set forth by Cage) are...?
The two basic types of mesostics are:
• 50 percent mesostics: between any two mesoletters, you can't have
the second
and
• 100
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Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: mesostic
On 2006 May 19, at 8:43 AM, Allan Revich wrote:
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
On 2006 May 18, at 8:55 PM, Madawg Painterofdark wrote:
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can I put it in the book, Don?
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