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bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

0 posted 2002-10-02 12:48 PM

The sides of cipher dice:
heart. (hope)
mind. (sky)
mouth. (flesh)
eye. (sight)
black. (shadow)
light. (soul)

Toss two:
heart-eye, (hope, sight)
mouth-light, (flesh, soul)
mind-black, (sky, shadow)
eye-mind. (sight, sky)

Toss three:
heart-eye-mind; (hope, sight, sky)
light-black-eye; (soul, shadow, sight)
eye-mouth-black (sight, flesh, shadow)
light-eye-eye ... (soul, sight, sight)

Toss until you see
their words.

Now write.

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

1 posted 2002-10-02 01:50 PM

Since you are tossing out Ideas or whatever,
Why not make a real poem out of your tosses.
Although with such limited choices I suggest a Haiku for each
heart-eye-mind; (hope, sight, sky)

With my heart I hope
Eyes searching the infinite
Cloud forms in the sky.

Or something along those lines.

For greater flexibility I would suggest Tarot Cards

Gloom

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

2 posted 2002-10-02 02:04 PM

Ah, Gloom. Check out Dark, and start readin' up on One deck later (six parts so far). That is tarot cards.

And you thought those six sides limited? I see almost limitless vistas in each one (hope can comprise faith, religion, love; black can comprise anger, depression, death; flesh can be sex, or touch, or taste)

That's why they're ciphers, those dice.

Thanks for readin'.

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

3 posted 2002-10-02 02:12 PM

toss the bones Mike..and count the angles... then after the cardinal points are honored see what in preponderence is lef to say.

enjoyed this my friend..

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

4 posted 2002-10-02 03:03 PM

Thanks, Ron. I just wanted a ready response if someone ever asks me where I get my ideas. I wrote a much more obtuse poem about the subject a while back (maybe a year or two ago?) and it involved ghosts rattling candy tins at me. In short, it made no sense.

I'm glad this try sits better -- not only in your mind, but in mine.

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

5 posted 2002-10-14 08:00 AM

YAHTZEE!!!!

Had to say it, sorry

You do seem to have a limitless ability
to conjure conjecture.

Ed

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

6 posted 2002-10-14 03:04 PM

Thanks
wranx.

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