Photo by Rob Lamb

ORM is sequential poem that uses space and memory to generate imagined text.  Inspired by bpNichol and Ladislav Nebeský, ORM becomes an experiment in liguistic evolution whereby a seed or genesis word form shifts, splits and splices to produce muiltple units of meaning. Want to see the poem? Well, thanks to Rob Lamb from The Gumtree Press ORM will be printed in a beautiful letterpress book.

I am fascinated how letterpress produces a visable synergy of machine and poetry that is otherwise hidden in modern digital printing. Rob’s photo captures beautifully the marriage of word and real world technology. My question is whether ORM will become a robotic interface in the printing process. I hope so. As Andy Warhol once said, “I want to be a machine.”

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I was going through my computer folders and I rediscovered this found poem hidden amongst my asemic works. I guess the failure of the search engine to recognise its function sufficiently amused me at the time.

Not strictly untitled, this diagrammed asemic work is based on a  poem I wrote earlier today. However I not sure whether I want to include the poem in this post. I like the idea of suspending this piece in a non-referential abyss.

Image source. First published in The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, edited by Nicholas Ferrar, 1633.

Original poem by either Rihaku or Omakittsu. Public domain poem sourced from Painted Rice Cakes

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