You know we've had some great links so far this year. But for me, this is the find of the year so far. It's beautiful, thanks for posting.

Simon | February 02, 21:02 CET

Um, can someone explain how this diagram thing works? I am not that artsy fartsy :P

kurya | February 02, 21:12 CET

Wow. Those poems were just gorgeous.

SoniaPL | February 02, 22:43 CET

kurya:

First time through, I read each column from top to bottom, starting with the first column; they made sense that way. Then I read the rows from left to right, starting with the top row; the parts seemed to fit together better in this direction. And then I tried reading the cells on a diagonal; that's lovely too. (Try reading "Mal" from the lower left corner toward the upper right.) Finally, I realized that you can read the cells in any random order and the poem is still beautiful.

anniem | February 03, 00:22 CET

Thank you, Kevin Oberlin and saturday dogs. Every combination is lovely. I agree, Simon, this is a super find.

I'm especially fond of the four poems I assembled from the two diagrams, using just the four corner texts of each diagram, starting with the upper left hand corner and going both clockwise (one set of two poems) and counter-clockwise (the other set.)

Criminy, they're good.

QuoterGal | February 03, 00:46 CET

Those--any and all combinations--are amazing.

browncoatrising | February 03, 02:56 CET

These are really nice indeed. Thanks very much for posting them!

thewatch | February 03, 22:13 CET