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Justin Patrick Moore's avatar

Great bit of process poetry! I love it! An Oblique Strategies poem... challenge accepted.

I love this kind of generative, permutational approach to creativity. I am going to try something along these lines, I dont have any paint chips handy, but plenty else to use.

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Josh Datko's avatar

I asked Abby to draw me a set! But yeah, it's tarot like I think. I wondering now what you will use -- perhaps reading into the tangle of telephones 😀

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Justin Patrick Moore's avatar

Just dial up the psychic poetry hotline!

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Josh Datko's avatar

I might have to make option 5 be a sort of random collection of words 🤔

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Justin Patrick Moore's avatar

Great idea!

Fax affinity match obsidian equation.

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Abby Schleifer's avatar

Love both versions, but especially the rewrite. I need to rewrite a few of my personal favorite poems once the monthly series is over.

Thanks for doing this!

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Josh Datko's avatar

Yeah thank you! Yeah the rewrite is an interesting thing. I did it last minute tbh.

So it's something to reflect on perhaps. Using the process to inspire something and then break the rules of that thing.

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Daniel V. Gaglio's avatar

Very cool idea

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Parker McCoy's avatar

The warships blast away at each other but then, the quiet settles in and the coyote watches all. I love the depiction of the madness and pointlessness of war here. Excellent poem, Josh.

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