New Concrete Poetry (Neo-Concrete Poetry) Collabs by Kristine Snodgrass (Florida, USA) & De Villo Sloan (New York, USA)

 


"Double Sestina (1)" by Kristine Snodgrass (Florida, USA) 
& De Villo Sloan (New York, USA)




"Double Sestina (2)" by Kristine Snodgrass & De Villo Sloan




"Double Sestina (3)" by Kristine Snodgrass & De Villo Sloan




"Sestina" (source) by De Villo Sloan




"Sestina" (reject) by De Villo Sloan



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  1. krissyAugust 21, 2022 at 7:33 PM

    My Villo!!

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    1. De Villo SloanAugust 22, 2022 at 6:17 PM

      The thing about the reject is that sestinas are governed by the #6 (six). I think it's a fascinating structure. So the appearance of the 6 bars in the glitch inspired the whole thing (and the cyclical nature of a sestina). You picked up on that with your amazing intuition & subconscious perceptions. Traditional forms (think of the sonnet) are highly numerical, as is concrete poetry, hyper-numerical actually.

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