Every Syllable is “Shi” (or: The Ballad of the Badass Chinese Stone Lion-Eating Poet)

by Joey deVilla on August 11, 2011

I’d love to hear a reading of this story, inflections and all:

Every syllable is shi

I found this at Said the Gramophone, which is also a great place to discover new music. Check it out!

 

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Michael O'Connor Clarke August 11, 2011 at 4:02 pm

Me too! Fascinating idea. Reminds me of the work of this band of nutters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo – or perhaps something from Christian Bok (http://archives.chbooks.com/online_books/eunoia/text.html)

Hamish Grant August 12, 2011 at 12:44 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWFNhuDQ0Tc

… not quite the rousing ballad I was hoping for but…

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