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Re: Poetique

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Saturday, December 27, 2003, 13:57
In a message dated 2003:12:27 05:36:00 AM, hotblack@FRATH.NET writes:

>It might be easier just to make it a predominantly isolating language, >no? >Or perhaps make inflections nonsyllabic and initial, so they would not >interfere and create trivial rhyme.
IRRC Viktor Medrano (?) invented Vong or Ving or something to do just that... in order to write Zen-influenced haiku in a Hawai'ian-like loglang. (more info on Langmaker.com) --- º°`°º ø,¸¸,ø º°`°º ø,¸¸,ø º°`°º ø,¸¸,ø º°`°º º°`°º ø,¸~-> Hanuman Zhang, Sloth-Style Gungfu Typist "the sloth is a chinese poet upsidedown" --- Jack Kerouac {1922-69} "Chance is the inner rhythm of the world, and the soul of poetry." - Miguel de Unamuno "One thing foreigners, computers, and poets have in common is that they make unexpected linguistic associations." --- Jasia Reichardt "There is no reason for the poet to be limited to words, and in fact the poet is most poetic when inventing languages. Hence the concept of the poet as 'language designer'." --- O. B. Hardison, Jr. "La poésie date d' aujour d'hui." (Poetry dates from today) "La poésie est en jeu." (Poetry is in play) --- Blaise Cendrars = ¡gw'araa legooset caacaa! ¡reez'arvaa. saalvaa. reecue. scoopaa-goomee en reezijcloo! = [Fight Linguistic Waste! Save, Salvage, Recover, Scavenge and Recycle!]