Re: The earliest ascci-art......

Donovan <bak...@gwtc.net> wrote:

>Donovan wrote:
>> 
>> Free form poetry is extremely old and there was a time they used that
>> poetry to make a picture out of the verses. for example:
>> 
>>      aceI               Stre
>>     e    s             r    n
>>    P      sWeJustNeedOu      g
>>    A      U           T      t
>>     l    n             o    h
>>      iveI               Show
>> 
>> Simple yes, but I'm sure you know what I am refering to. So maybe we
>> should give those poets the true discovery of Ascii Art?
>> 
>> Just a thought from the depths of my awakenings. What do you other
>> artists and lurkers think?

>Well here is my first one!


>                                        The Dolphins' Way,
>                      In Me          Aspirations of the living
>                   sea The dolphins do move within    me The aura of
>                     their soul, I feel deep down To be in the water
>                        and not on ground Sifting through the
>                          ocean, an expressing show Communi-
>                        cation of a song and a blow Pro-
>                     tecting even those not of their
>                  kind They ask nothing in return,
>             they do not mind The most gracious
>          and unselfish of all that wander I
>      wish to swim with them, nothing   could
>    be fonder The dolphins mean so     much
> to me, you see I need to thank      them,
>for showing us how to be                           (Donovan 1997)

Nice :)

Here's another one... "It rains" by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire (ca.
1930). He also used typesetting to stress the poem's content.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

  I       c'     e        ,      ,
  l        e      t       e      e
           s                c     c
   p       t      c          o     o
   l              e          u     u
    e        v     s         t      t
   u        o                e     e
    t        u      n
            s      u             s     t
   d               a             i       o
    e         a      g             l       m
    s         u      e                     b
               s      s              p      e
    v         s                     l       r
    o         i       c             e
    i                 a              u        l
     x          q      b               t       e
                u      r_                      s
    d         i         e                t
     e         l        s                a        l
                                         n       i
     f          p        s                d        e
     e          l        e               i        n
     m          e                        s         s
      m          u       p
     e          t        r                q        q
      s                  e                u        u
                        n                e        i
     c           m       n
     o           e       e                 l        t
      m           r       n                 e        e
     m           v       t
     e           e                         r           r
                  i       ,                 e          e
      s           l       a                 g          t
      i            l                       r            i
                    e       h                 e          e
     e            u        e                  t          n
     l            s         n                             n
      l            e         n                e            e
     e            s          i                t            n
      s                     r                              t
                                              l
      ,            r        t                  e           e
      e            e        o                              n
       t            n        u                 d
      a            c         t                  e           h
       i            o                            d           a
      e            n         u                   a           u
       n            t         n                   i           t
       t            r                             n
                   e          u                               e
       m            s          n                   p           t
       o                        i                   l
        r             d          v                   e           e
        t             e          e                   u           n
       e                         r                   r
        s                         s                 e            b
                      m                              n            a
        m             a            d                  t           s
        e                           e
         m               v                                u
         e               i             v                  n
         s               e             i                   e
                                       l
         d               ,              l                 a
         a              o               e                   n
          n                              s                   c
          s                                                 i
                          g             a                    e
          l               o              u                    n
          e              u               r                   n
                          t               i                   e
            s              e              c
            o               l              u                   m
            u              e              l                   u
           v               t             a                    s
            e               t            i                    i
            n               e              r                    q
            i               s             e                    u
             r                              s                    e

---Il pleut -- Guillaume Apollinaire -------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------mic


It's translator prog proof ;)

bye,

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