Abstract Sonnet

Over a year ago, I posted part of a sonnet.  I ended up scrapping that one, but I have a finished one that I have posted below.

visual poem by John Moore Williams

from http://fissuresofmen.blogspot.com/ (his others are in different styles)

graphic poem by Michael Farrell

a page from Michael's book BREAK ME OUCH (3 Deep Publishing, Melbourne, 2006)

visual poetry with some comics genes

here's page 265 from Nico Vassilakis's book protracted type, which you can download freely from http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/protracted-type/6845937.

only pages 265 to 268 are in this style. the rest of the book contains many other styles of visual poetry, & short texts which explain Nico's purpose.

unlike most of you abstract comicsists, I know little about the history of comics, but do know some of the points of intersection between comics & experimental poetry.

graphic poetry?

I really like Christine Panushka's drawings here:
http://thenewpostliterate.blogspot.com/2009/04/asemic-drawing-from-christine-panushka.html

the last 2 (one of which is to the left) could be seen as abstract comics, with sequential developments from box to box, or as an ambient feeling emanating from the boxes, in no particular order.

I'm inclined to call the second interpretation "graphic poetry" rather than "abstract comics".