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BRANCUSI'S LADDER: T a
Ta sa
Tab asa
Tabu rasa
Tabul rasa
Tabula rasa
Tabul rasa
Tabu rasa
Tab asa
Ta sa
T a
Ta sa
Tab asa
Tabu rasa
Tabul rasa
Tabula rasa
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Tab asa
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T a
Tower of Babel: 6 6 6
6 6 6
9 9 9
9 9 9
6 6 6
6 6 6
9 9 9
9 9 9
6 6 6
6 6 6
9 9 9
9 9 9
6 6 6
6 6 6
9 9 9
9 9 9
6 6 6
6 6 6
9 9 9
9 9 9
6 6 6
6 6 6
9 9 9
9 9 9
6 6 6
6 6 6
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6 6 6
6 6 6
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6 6 6
6 6 6
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6 6 6
6 6 6
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6 6 6
6 6 6
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6 6 6
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6 6 6
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6 6 6
Narcissus
Narcissus
Narcissus
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presure
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Sisyphus: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ XHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHX ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Author's Notes:
PILLAR OF FIRE: This poem comes with a sketch that could be considered a
visual poem in its own right:
o
w rldw rldw rld
o
All the pieces included here draw on the Pythagorean number/ letter
correlations. The sketch noted above translates out into the numerical
value of 5. I originally conceived this piece as a rubber stamp printed
with yellow ink, a reference to the notes in the Duchamp green box which
mentions the artist's dream of a world in yellow.
SEVEN: Plays with both perceived sacred and profane elements in grammar,
letter and punctuation.
BRANCUSI'S LADDER: Based on the sculptor Constantine Brancusi's Endless
Column, as well as one of the last texts of gifts: The Martyrology
Book[s] 7 & by bpNichol.
Copyright © 1995 by Carl Lynden Peters
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