Scott Thurston’s most recent book is Hold, published by
Shearsman in 2006. Previous works include Poems (Writers Forum,
1991), State(s)walk(s) (Writers Forum, 1994) and Turns (with Robert
Sheppard) (Ship of Fools/Radiator, 2003). Scott lectures in English
Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Salford.
He has published widely on Linguistically Innovative Poetry covering
the work of Allen Fisher, Adrian Clarke, John Wilkinson, Maggie
O’Sullivan, Ulli Freer, Ira Lightman, Geraldine Monk and
Tony Lopez. He edits The Radiator, a little magazine of poetry
and poetics and is currently editing The Salt Companion to Geraldine
Monk. See his pages at www.archiveofthenow.com
from INTERNAL
RHYME
Originally
seven poems of four stanzas each, arranged two by two, and readable
both horizontally and vertically. In this presentation each stanza
is to be read individually and/or as part of a 28 stanza sequence;
in new two by two patterns (recommended) or in entirely new combinations.