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Oulipost #24: Lovesick

Posted on April 24, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Oulipost #24. Homosyntaxism is a method of translation that preserves only the syntactic order of the original words. To give a rudimentary example, if N=noun, V=verb and A=adjective, the outline NVA could yield solutions such as “The day turned cold,” … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #23: Inventory

Posted on April 23, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Inventory is a method of analysis and classification that consists of isolating and listing the vocabulary of a pre-existing work according to parts of speech. Sourced from The Contra Costa Times, Bay Area News Group, April 23, 2014 (Easy way … Continue reading →

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Oulipost #21: Overheard Over There

Posted on April 21, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Oulipost #21:Confabulation. Craft a conversation poem using “he said/she said” quotes that you find in newspaper articles.  Overheard Over There Gentlemen, the Easter Dragon is knocking at the door. I suspect some of you are skeptical. I know all these … Continue reading →

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Oulipost#20: Fairy Tale Concert

Posted on April 20, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Oulipost #20. Lesurean Permutation. Select a newspaper article or passage from a newspaper article as your source text. Switch the first noun with the second noun, the third noun with the fourth noun, and so on until you’ve reached the … Continue reading →

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Oulipost#18: AMEN

Posted on April 18, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore

Oulipost #18: HOMOCONSONANTISM. Choose a sentence or short passage from your newspaper to complete a homoconsonantism. In this form, the sequence of consonants in a source text is kept, while all its vowels are replaced. THSLNCSNTRBSRSDFNNGTHYRR Amen This holy silence … Continue reading →

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This month I’m experimenting with poetry as an Ouliposter. One of the tenets of this project is that constraint gives way to creativity. I have found this to be true in my role as Poet Laureate – the often short-notice … Continue reading →

Posted on March 30, 2014 by katemccarrollmoore | 2 Comments