Re: Asci Poems and Apolinaire: was Re: test

In article <7u8x4.20$sI5...@nreader2.kpnqwest.net>, "Bjorn de Meyer" <bjo...@secom.be> wrote:
>
> Hey, did anybody read Apolinaire, the french poet from the around the
> 1900dreds? In his book 'Calligrammes' he made poems wich where written
> / printed in the form of pictures. You could say that he is in fact the
> father of all ascii art. You should look at his 'tie and clock' poem, it's
> way cool :)
> 
> Bjorn.

The following is the only instance of Apollinaire poetry that I've seen.
It would be great to see more.

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

    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
 
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its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
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