Sunday 26 January 2014

Wrecks



(nine variations on and for Simon Howard)


1.

imaginary as imaginary
now as shrubbery
now & shrubbery
suburb & suburb



2.

what is said
what will be is said
any will be secret
any the secret, slow the trudge
slow trudge



3.

late afternoon
late the afternoon weather
the clearing weather clearing



4.

mow the moon mow
burn the moon & burn
salve & salve



5.

everyone prepares everyone to dance
prepares another to dance
time another strolled by
time the river strolled by the river



6.

fixed clouds
fixed, moving, clouds
earth moving earth



7.

where the moon is
where the blank moon is
the blank stars
the stars



8.

with clouds
& with flowers
clouds & torn flowers
wing torn wing



9.

to solidify and to solidify
songbirds and whispered songbirds
my whispered deletions
my deletions



This poem is a set of variations on 'Wrecked', a book of poems by Simon Howard published by Oystercatcher Press. Simon died in December 2013.

'Wrecks' uses a method I call PAGE2. This method has been formalised as a computer program. It is basically a text manipulation/generation algorithm.







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