VII. Alphabetic Trails
Abecedarian Sextet
All bananas can't' do everything.
Formulas give help in judging.
Keeping loving men noticing.
Only perfectionists quickly revise.
Settled truces universally valued.
Worried xenophobe yells zilch.
From ABCED ... VWXYZ
| At the beginning | After the end |
| Before the end | Before the beginning |
| Caught in the middle | Compromised splits |
| Divided in between | Discovering emptiness |
| Everything disolves | Empezar de Nuevo |
| For the Record | From that day |
| Giving it away | Gaining respect |
| Happy I'd say | Hands on right |
| Inner work done | Innocent delights |
| Just keeping on | Joining others now |
| Kicked out hate | Kissed my mate |
| Lucked out | Left quite late |
| Mesmerized | Many times |
| Not surprised | Not compromised |
| Oh why | On time |
| People pursued | Pursuers persisted |
| Quite exhausted | Quantities stolen |
| Really afraid | Running away |
| Slowly relaxing | Secure home |
| Troubles gone | Treasures reborn |
| Uu Uu abcdefghijklm | uU uU nopqrstuvwxyz |
| Very clearly | Virtouosly so |
| With a Changing Key | Wechselndem Schlüssel |
| Xmas comes | Xanthia goes |
| You think you know | Your known |
| Zany at times | Zendo zone |
- Compare with:
See also Paul Celan, Index of Titles A-Z.
Bob Perelman, An Alphabet of Literary History.
Harryette Mullen, Blah-Blah, and Jingle Jangle.
Emperzar de Nuevo = Begin Again/New
Wechselndem Schlüssel = With a Changed Key
BU 3614, 4011, 4413
Poetry by Mike Garofalo
25 Steps and Beyond: Collected Poetry
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