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Re: OT: another poetry contest

• To: lauren@t...
• Subject: Re: OT: another poetry contest
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:53:05 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <3DA2BDD6.15937.1F263EFD@localhost> from "Lauren Wood" at Oct 08, 2002 11:13:26 AM

Lauren Wood scripsit:

> I'm looking forward to seeing what XML-DEV can do!

                                WXS:
                        Complex, inflexible,
                Boggling, wearying, proliferating,
        Circumscribed, inadequate.  Future-proofed, compartmentalized,
                Systematizing, pleasing, sufficing,
                     Straightforward, simplified --
                                RNG!

I realize that you may not be able to use this, for political reasons.  :-)
Opinions expressed in the poem are decidedly those of the author.

I decided to add a syllabic constraint as well: the syllable lengths are
3, 6, 10, 15, 10, 6, 3, corresponding to a binomial distribution.

It's interesting that Keith Boone and I independently decided to use
acronyms on the first and last lines.

-- 
With techies, I've generally found		John Cowan
If your arguments lose the first round		http://www.reutershealth.com
    Make it rhyme, make it scan			http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
    Then you generally can			jcowan@r...
Make the same stupid point seem profound!	    --Jonathan Robie

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