Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Oulipost #15: Prisoner's Constraint

Prompt: Imagine a prisoner whose supply of paper is restricted. To put it to fullest use, he will maximize his space by avoiding any letter extending above or below the line (b, d,f,g,h,j,k,l,p,q,t and y) and use only a,c,e,m,n,o,r,s,u,v,w,x and z. Compose a poem using only words that can be made from these letters AND which you source from your newspaper text.



sources: http://www.capecodtoday.com/event/24879-thoreau-beach-walk
http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2014/04/15/24695-over-decades-cape-cod-real-estate-closings-have-become-much-more-complex



some one sure,
mean sure,
now some as near one
as ocean as can move
more over common,
over sure.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Like this a lot. Cool!

beth said...

I love "as ocean as can move"