"The Duke of Chaos" Concrete Poetry Cycle

The following four compositions list the third, fifth, seventh, and ninth words (respectively) on each page (in order, p.1-200) of Pocket Books Inc's 1964 The Duke of Chaos paperback. The novel's seven chapters delimit the poems' seven stanzas; emphases, punctuations, and capitalizations mimic the original publication.


"The Duke of Chaos in Thirds"

chancellor were in the breath counted touched a have one took death given peasants happy "For you not angrier not broad Waldstein fury. advised near following from not didn't with Padua

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was by out that do the using time Battista Ferdinand, the Catholic dimly he and a his I'd was pleaded

moved Protestant counterstrokes. with Seni myself for and Wallenstein met had was to What look smoke delirium, and the still Seni


"The Duke of Chaos in Fifths"

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his legend he the estimate never stolen visit tell could and Landsknechter of me back or head hundred amused. "Both

into if the assurance promptly, sit Catholic oblivious won Adolphus' honest by into said those Guns then he? cursed prayed after


"The Duke of Chaos in Sevenths"

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Germany, Tilly, of wished accepted at and the his at and the camp: true Bavarians captured, in only but this was


"The Duke of Chaos in Ninths"

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the had and old in turn have brought so you'll stamped although the When help breech old I said audience, talking him his

Count met James the asked cavalry a gave guarantee dismissed? for step, at smelly a Viktor? of died great already

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