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Anonymous:
Every other word blacked out.
Better for It:
Each line indented the same paired up and overlaid. Whole words without text laid over them whited out.
Born Yesterday:
Lines grouped into right-angle shapes of 8 sides max and rearranged into a rectangle a la Tetris. Shapes outside the rectangle cropped.
Cold Recall:
First stanza printed only. Words related to theme whited out.
Dead in Nature:
Section (i) printed after (ii). All words cut from (ii). All words blacked out from (i) except a select few designed to replicate the syntax of the (ii), including word classes and placement on the page.
Dream:
All lines reordered from shortest to longest. Out of lines of similar length, only one included. From remainder, every other line cut.
Places Seldom Seen:
Every word with the letter 'e' blacked out.
Presupposed Nothing:
All words that don't appear at least twice blacked out.
Reminders I Lived Before 2016:
Isolated one 6-line stanza from all sections. New stanza generated where lines 1-6 were randomly selected from each isolated stanza.
The Words Came to [In Bed: Title and Opening Line]:
All lines in quotations or italics isolated and randomly grouped into 3- line stanzas, with remainders cut. 3 lines randomly selected from all groups, with remainders cut.
This Year's Resolution:
Every word with the letter 't', 'y' or 'r' cut out.
To Be Read with a Cold Beer in Hand:
Indented lines cut and replaced randomly. Only first stanza printed.
True Rest:
Every line ending with the phrase 'good night's sleep' overlaid.
Victimless Crimes:
Every sound fragment spaced out like a word shuffled randomly, excluding fragments that spell real words. Only one stanza printed.
Writing Sound:
All lines randomly selected from to form a 5-7-5 haiku.
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