Cage actually used full phrases rather than just words- I'll call mine exhaustics-Dawg
--- Rod Stasick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > author): > > > > > > > > the b > > > > Eautiful > > > > o > > > > Xen are > > > > ro > > > > Aming > > > > a > > > > Mong us > > > > op > > > > Portunity is > > > > be > > > > Laboring > > > > th > > > > Em > > > > > 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 > mesostics > set forth by Cage. > > > Rod > > > > > > > --- > Now playing: psi - The ___ who had begun his career > as a useful ___ > of the ___ court later became the ___ of ___ and the > ___ of ___. > > > > > > > > Rotokas and Mura-Piraha have only 11 phonemes, the > smallest on record. > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
