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"Poetry is the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." Leonard Cohen

Thursday, April 10, 2014

I, if












I,
if
the
well
sites
bright
skating
shopping
prominent
everything
information
professional
self-confident
acknowledges
attractions
businesses
festivals
somebody
explore
before
prove
them
no
o

Source: Edmonton Journal, Thursday, April 10, 2014 - section City and Region,A5, article from commentary "Showcasing a city come of age" by Paula Simons (words were taken in order of size: 1 letter to 12 letters, then back down: 12 letters to 1 letter, throughout the article.)

THURSDAY, APRIL 10: SNOWBALL

This procedure requires the first word of a text to have only one
letter, the second two, the third three, and so on as far as
resourcefulness and inspiration allow. The first word of a snowball
is normally a vowel: in English, a I or O.
From your newspaper, select a starting vowel and then continue
adding words of increasing length from the same source article or
passage. Challenge yourself further by only using words in order
as you encounter them in the text.


1 comment:

  1. I know what you mean about finding this not as fun as it should be. I think the snowball that is done with words rather than syllables is much more fun. Just think, we get to do this one one more time, in reverse!

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