There are, although I can't access any at the moment. Block poems by
both Duncan & Howe, for example. I seem to recall some maze-like poems
(well, Susan Howe's playful pages are that way; earlier, Olson did it
too in Maximus, eg). And various kinds of concrete poetry definitely do
that. bpNichol played such games in places too.
Welcome (with a question yet!)
Doug
On 26-Jan-05, at 5:57 PM, Edmund Hardy wrote:
> Hello everyone! - (I'm new on this list) -
>
>> Well, that could be interesting. A 2D, matrix poem. Like Befunge,
>> maybe -
>
> This intrigues me. Many poetries sit on the page so that one could
> read down
> several ways, but are there any matrix poems, or maze poems which
> exist as
> such on the page and not using the hyper-text of the web? Or does
> anyone
> know of any multiple choice poems?
>
> Or is this just heading towards the ultimate democratic poem, the
> dictionary?
>
> - Edmund
>
>
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