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.
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 |