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  • Safe Driving by Matt Holck
    when I drive
    I have 360 vision through mirrors
    I check blind spots looking over my shoulders
  • Observations of Dirty Pretty Structure by Matt Holck
    Dirty Pretty breaks down by structure and theme.
    The themes are surrealist where emotions embody objects.

    Dirty Pretty format should add to the reader's understanding of the poem.


    DIRTY PRETTY utilizes calligraphy.
    It presents a poem by

    *non-alpha numeric Characters,
    *non-uniform Capitalization
    *spacing (use   to create blank spaces)
    to shape poetry, to add pause and/or denote line hierarchy
    *alternative spellings
    *and other deviations (color ...)

    to visually impact how the poem is seen and digested.

    Here is a poem I wrote with these structures

    I’m the glasscutter.
    With a di(A)mond wheel g_l_i_d_i_n_g in Oil,
    a single stroke /
    opens a fissure ----------

    I gently Tap beside the line
    deepening the grooVe
    until with a ~twist of the wrists~
    I separate /
    the glass as planned.


    rhyme and rhythm help me keep reading through a long piece

    decoration can mark passages
    allowing me to approach the poem from more than one direction

    -image detail encroaches towards tactile familiarity
    these encroachments sometimes crawl into the structure
    trying to burst through the page to make a connection.