John
At 10:34 AM 2/13/2006, you wrote:
I amiableedingless tootherselfincubatermitexpressgangleeriemyselfishtailmentertainsidespicableecheerleaderrordergonomicecreaminsidelicatessentinelephanthropologistrangelatinglenglishittythelpincubushutterribless,
butterrifyingleamblearyantitself wordsmithereacheerfulcrumblycheekeepicellogettingothickory intopographick thearseatholidayelp way.
allan's response to john's poems reminded me of some things i used to do a lot of, but which now i don't do at all (no, not that! writing)
i used to write letters and short 'stories' in which words would trigger a string of connected words, connected by letter formations that is. i had a strict(ish) rule that the whole phrase or paragraph should be one continuous flow, one worg in effect. above is an example which does not follow that rule!
i think the last attempt i made was way back in NYC (2002!) and i gave it to melissa, i wrote her a note. a few weeks later the most beautiful piece of calligrahy turned up in the mail. melissa had found all the words.
now i have the words but i don't know what the note said!
just in case anyone was remotely interested this is:
"i am able to express myself clearly but words keep getting in the way" and just about sums it up
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