[letter poetry]

  • Dominique Fitzpatrick-O~Dinn

aLL letter-poetry, like L-poetry, utilizes alliteration subliMinally.

Most letter-poems, sometimes M-poems, manage meaning somethiNg.

iN N-poems N-poets never include any sentence when an absent N nestles within nouns. neveR.

R-poems, written for unnecessary credit, are realized rapidly arranging words incorporating Rs Somewhere.

aS S-poets, letter-poets choose Ss as single letters. as some S-poet selects words she checks letters, insuring inscribed Ss reside inside words consistenTly.

T-poems built with the letter T intentionally within.

let's watch the poetry student enter the nightclub with the letter-poetry concert featuring nationally established poets.

 

1996

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