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Monday, October 26, 2020

"Quatrain For Queneau": An Anagram Poem on 'Raymond Queneau' (from "Exercises in Style: The Poetic Supplement," Number 264)

     The second half of line one along with each of the 
six subsequent half lines of the quatrain are anagrams of 
the first half of line one -- i.e., of 'Raymond Queneau.'
Additionally, as proper quatrains should consist of a pair 
of rhyming couplets, "Q For Q" follows that prescription
with what can be seen as faux eye rhymes -- 'drum' and
'(quo)rum' and '(Mon)day' and 'quay,' though 'quay' is
properly pronounced 'kee,' thus the faux eye rhyme 
designation. 

Raymond Queneau, 
ye neon aqua drum.
Damn! You 'n' a queer 
need a -- any! -- quorum.
O Ray! Manque (nude) 
ran queue Monday.
Mary, Queen o' Duna: 
Mud...? Ne'er on a quay!

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