This is another table poem – the words and lines formatted within the rectangles of a table inserted into a document. The table consists of 5 columns and 21 rows. A kind of counterpoint is created when the poem is read horizontally, vertically, diagonally. Formatting widgets (spacing, alignments left or right, cuts, etc.) have been added as musical accent marks.
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counter |
point | part s | po sh | not |
| again st |
co nter |
culture |
priv ate |
lake |
|
mass |
shore |
ount |
deck |
effect |
| ass ump tion | sit sting | out |
cou |
entry |
| un der |
|
|
pile green |
noucter |
|
prick |
pluck |
plectrum |
finger |
nails |
| percussive | fingerling |
apron |
strings | hooks |
|
count |
1 |
Two |
3 |
Four |
| syncopate |
|
c u t | ||
| how | l o n g | |||
|
jay sus |
||||
| woh |
how here |
owh | ||
| nogl |
l o n g |
on | ||
| ow | ||||
| un clear | im precise | lack s | clar ity | cri tic |
|
pun |
c |
a hack’s ear |
||
| ∀ | u ate | shun | too smpl | not |
| 4 | ||||
| yes |
re |
me | m ber | us |
|
cross |
together |
prable |
back | when |
| whole point |
told |
aft | you |
cave out |
The Coming of the Toads 