LEXICOGRAPHY

found poems from dictionary pages

italicized word is defined on that page

Page 540

with a grunt

a shiver fit

the brusque fruit

of mental noises

mutters into

language

as if called

through water

Page 546: haiku

animal torment

consists of the heart caught wild

a plea for her mouth

Page 1,110

An oblique allegory

for guidance:

A word or phrase

is spun

by a drunk

a method of reckoning

what is correct

cast off skin

akin to hollow feeling

tramp in the slop bowl

—spiritual gambling

draining chamber pots

of slogan swill

to plod one’s way

esp. for

those to whom

the sense is familiar.

Page 1,358

Sound a word

the first one that

comes to mind

without dwelling on details.

Overcome obstacles

with the assurance of

something forthright.

Too many woolly words

without precision.

Keep a promise

be responsive

to one

ordinarily accustomed

to hiding.

Page 826

hard to explain

the wonder produced

by a body

the capacity

to become disclosed

to move slowly

having the parts

laid out

frank, unguarded

fit to be traveled over

with finger

and tongue

generous giving

rich redflesh parted

in a way to permit

no obstacle.

Face one another.

Unfold.

It should be generally known.

Page 113

Shaking involuntarily:

an illustration of

vast potential.

Dealing with another

without trembling

is akin to wasting away.

Page 380

version 1:

heavy bodies

dirty by dragging

load a ship

wet and muddy

in dark-red water

apprehension lingering

version 2:

heavy bodies

in repose

such a

surplus of

wet

look at the palm

drawn by

one lingering tentative

on another

Page 489

sweet scent

unmistakable descent

the body broken

skeleton frail

as if a frame

of weakness

easily splintered.

such outcome

is assured

esp. for someone

susceptible to being

moral to a fault

Page 493

revive

pulverize between the

patterned cut and uncut loops

a clutch, a match

saltiness of a female

one body against

another

known for their

rapacious habits

a clutch

a match

Page 529

a desired lack of conclusion

spreading through

their language

contains more

power within it

than is carried out.

complex persons

prone to motion

require a word to prevail

holding simultaneously

the tendency toward

burning

Page 707: love

imperfect brilliancy

splitting

the deep sustained sound

befitting

a lover

their blood, their love

summon two

domestic remedy

worth jewelers and watchmen

designed for slow speed

Page 848: palimpsest

the scrape

of past hands

mixes intensity

from a common point

to ensure

preservation in as few

strokes as possible

Page 1,000

lie to restore

a reprieve from disapproval

protest the punishment of poise

page 1,238: title

Place words

of unknown origin

in rebellion against

paper

evidence of

magnitude

Style stands out

justifies a claim

of preeminence

as distinguished from

one that is

considered vulgar.

A female mind

with an exaggerated prance

(esp. before vowels)

serves a

technical knockout.

I used Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary