Wednesday 13 July 2005 — This is more than 19 years old. Be careful.
Kristen McQuillin has a few examples of abecedaria: poems with 26 words, each beginning with the next letter of the alphabet:
Mysteries
Angels bring confusion.
Don’t ever forget god’s hand
Is juggling knives like man’s nature.
Occultists properly question reality.
Saints travel unbroken vigils
without x-ing yesterday’s zodiac.
Comments
Does eloquence follow general hubris?
In jest, kindly lummocks make noise,
overly pompous quills reign.
Simpletons talking under veils
Whilst xylophagous yeoman zig?
A is for Amy who fell down the stairs
B is for Basil assaulted by bears
C is for Clara who wasted away
D is for Desmond, thrown from a sleigh
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Google it; the whole book is online. "Nice" illustrations. :)
The connection is, if I recall rightly, the existence of several 26-letter ABC poems also by Gorey.
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