(coin)cidences

the new issue of 52/250 is online, the theme of it: coincidences, suggested by Susan Gibb. i knew i wanted to contribute to the theme. so i noted the theme on a piece of paper. and found a coin in it. from there, a poem unrolled:

(coin)cidences

while writing it, i also learned some word definitions:
- Palindromes: words which are the same spelt backwards or forwards
- Anagrams: word or phrase constructed by rearranging all letters of the original word or phrase
- Semordnilap: words which are another word spelled backwards

not sure what the exact term is for wordplay that crosses between languages. but i played with this crossing before in an earlier issue of 52/250, here: A like

and re-reading "A like", i just realized that it includes one more word definition:
- Homonyms: different words, same pronunciation

cap(tur)ed in A-Minor

today starts with a moment in A-Minor:

cap(tur)e

:)

nightwood

this post is inspired by the ending line of the call for The Festival of Trees #56: "Try squeezing in a few minutes for trees in the wee hours, gaze on the garden in a new light (perhaps in those dim, star-lit predawn hours). Do you know what trees do at midnight?"

the question brought me back to an image i created in November, "Nightwood", and to a story i wrote in January. until now, i hadn't noticed that they belong. and that they both tell about trees at mightnight. here goes:

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H.owl (or: Nightwood)



She sat in ant.icipation, watched a fire.fly. It was her first night vigil. By daylight, she had laughed the task away. I’m no cow.ard, she had stated.

She swallow.ed. Fact was, the night had a fourth, fur.ious dimension, there, next to the r.eal river. And just like her, the forest, so calm at noon, now was dealing with its own moving bear.ings.

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notes / links:
- the image was first published in the winter-issue of MiCrow: "Void"
- the story was first published in the 52/250 issue: "animal behaviour" / H.owl
- the punctuation is inspired by poet Daniela Elza, who blogged about it in fractured words

- previous tree festival contributions: Guardian + falling + cutback/backcut

PicFic: D(ash) - Tr(ash)

"For our January issue our theme is ASH and we were wondering if you two would be interested in collaborating on two PicFic's together." - that's the message that reached Karyn Eisler and me from Folded Word in December.

Karyn moved right into the ash, and then sent a first sketch. i moved on from it. back and forth through ashes we mailed, and arrived at 2 fl(ash)es that can be read in either sorting:

- Tr(ash) by Karyn Eisler

- D(ash) by Dorothee Lang

- Karyn's blog note on Tr(ash)/D(ash)

- and for more PicFic ash, click here.

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the play with (b)rackets and full.stops
is a writing theme that appeared earlier this month already, in my short story h.owl. here's some more on it, in quotes:

- footnote of H.owl: "with thanks to Daniela Elza, who sparked the idea of including the words that can be found inside words in a story."

- blog note from Daniela Elza: "I thought I came up with the technique while working on my micro story The Math Ex.am to enhance some of the undercurrent emotions. So perhaps it is time to give it a name, which will definitely have to be shorter than: stepping inside words on a snowy evening. I already have some ideas, but I am always open to suggestions. For now full.stops: breathing inside words appeals the most."

- from my comment to Daniela's blog note: "good that there is a name for this method now: “full.stops: breathing inside words”. which made me think of the German word for word: Wort. which could be full.stopped: W.ort (with “Ort” being “place”: a different place inside a word)."