Today's post explores poetic structures called snowballs developed by the Oulipo (see also March 25 posting) and known to many through the writings of Scientific American columnist Martin Gardner (1914-2010). TIME Magazine's issue for January 10, 1977 had an article entitled "Science: Perverbs and Snowballs" that celebrated both Gardner and the inventive structures of the Oulipo. Oulipian Harry Mathews' "Liminal Poem" (to the right) is a snowball (growing and then melting) dedicated to Gardner. The lines in Mathew's poem increase or decrease by one letter from line to line. Below left, a poem by John Newman illustrates the growth-only snowball.
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
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