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variations on variations

write a short poem and then change it in every way visually and systematically. make it a left-based spaced poem, center it, add spaces, make it vertical. spin it round, set it in motion if you can. i use an old program called microsoft photodraw to do this, but there are others.

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3 Responses to “variations on variations”

  1. John Shapter Says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Hi
    I sometimes use a `Cut-n-Mix` program -
    http://www.cutnmix.com/
    It randomly cuts up words and phrases and makes new poems
    John

  2. gerbert Says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    ohh cool, William Burroughs did a similar experiment with audio tape

  3. Amanda Says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 6:29 am

    thanks, John, what a great thing. i’ll have to give it a go.