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                                          Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu, 
                                                                             pögiff, 
                                                                                       kwii Ee.

                                           Oooooooooooooooooooooooo,

                                           dll rrrrr beeeee bö 
                                           dll rrrrr beeeee bö fümms bö, (A) 
                                              rrrr beeeee bö fümms bö wö, 
                                                   beeeee bö fümms bö wö tää, 
                                                            bö fümms bö wö tää zää, 
                                                               fümms bö wö tää zää Uu:


…Part of Kurt Schitters’ surrealist poem “Ursonate”.

Available from: http://www.costis.org/x/schwitters/ursonate.htm

The approximate reading time of the complete version of “Ursonate” is about forty-one minutes. The poem was completed 1932. It shows the poet’s difficulties with the written version of the sound poem. A complete audio version of the poem can be found here.

(via educationdigitalmedia; Photo: Schwitters for MERZ.)

Posted on December 19th, 2011
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