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Back when I was a graduate student I got bitten by the bug of palindromic poetry – poems that read the same when read backwards. This is consistent with my love for\u00a0ambigrams<\/a>\u00a0and other kinds of symmetrical wordplay. I had posted them on the web a while ago and there they have stayed… for years. Once in a while someone finds them and writes to me (a couple of interesting stories that emerged from this can be found\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/p>\n Here is one I wrote back in 2002, titled “Who wrote this poem<\/strong>.” It has surface similarity to Escher’s famous lithograph “Drawing Hands.” Let me know what you think…<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Who wrote this poem? Dare I ask Silent Are you Reading Thinking of me Silent Sharing nothing but words
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\nMeanings mutate and fragment
\nIn the mind’s eye
\nFingers caress the keyboard too
\nWondering dear reader as you read, do your
\nNeurons fire, syncopated with mine,
\nAs eyes scan black squiggles, meter and beat,
\nAnd we talk, one on one
\nmind to mind
\nYou and me
\nBowls and serifs,
\nSharing nothing but words<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nThinking of me<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRe –
\nReading
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\nAre you
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\nBowls and serifs,
\nYou and me
\nmind to mind
\nAnd we talk, one on one
\nAs eyes scan black squiggles, meter and beat,
\nNeurons fire, syncopated with mine,
\nWondering dear reader as you read, do your
\nFingers caress the keyboard too
\nIn the mind’s eye
\nMeanings mutate and fragment
\nDare I ask
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