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"Projective Verse,"1 a field of action,
energy transferred, from poet to page to reader.
Olson's breath, a unit of measure,
the line, a vector, in a multi-dimensional space.
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Fuller's Dymaxion Map.2
A projection of the world onto a polyhedron.
Distortion minimized.
Like Fuller's domes, a structure of forces,
a dynamic interplay of tension and compression,
tensegrity, a dance of opposing forces.
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Interesting. A connection between poetic form and architectural design.
Both seek to map the unmappable.
But is the Dymaxion map complete?
Does it account for the Q, the I, the T?
"Form is never more than an extension of content,"3
the poem, a living organism, evolve, adept.
The body, a poem, the poem, a body of text,
a bio-energetic blueprint, a map of a map of a map.
^1 "Projective Verse": A theory and practice of poetry developed by Charles Olson. Charles Olson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projective_Verse
^2 Dymaxion Map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map
^3 "Form is never more than an extension of content": Robert Creeley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Creeley