Diacritiques

Anagram poetry has taken hold. Here are three attempts, and several more are in the works.

Each poem is dedicated to an online or offline friend. Should you recognize yourself, you can keep yours.

ah bland honey jar

ann had herbal joy
rehab only had jan
oh jan, bleary hand!

handy banjo haler
heal nonhardy jab

posh hebetation

hip banshee toot
bathes hope into
this beaten hoop

bitnet op has hoe
hits at neophobe
toshiba potheen
beneath hips, too

seine bath photo
sabot pointe, heh!

galante longueur

ego glanant lueur
lorgnera geulant
étrangla gnou élu
alléguera tong nu
un langage loutre

glanage tue luron
nul lagunage rote

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GENITALIC WHIRS by A Chisel Writing

erica whistling
heliac writings
citing welsh air
a new girlish tic

lawn-git cries hi
wiling heirs act!
angelic his writ
within glaciers

lit-wiring aches,
aching writs lie
a hit girl winces
is ailing wretch

ah clingier wits!
ah twirling ices!
ah wilting rices!
hie tiring claws!

witches lairing
litchi swearing
grice with snail
a wet chili grins

agist crew nihil
nisi agile crwth
ceiling is wrath
licit anger wish

awl etching iris
law nigh eristic
haws irenic gilt
what’s icier ling?

tinglier schwa i
wish a clit reign
cheating i swirl
sic genital whir

Software used: this and this anagram engine. Input: my real name (first and last).

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