Original pages 8-13, Alcheringa 1-1

Audio https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Rothenberg/Horse-Songs/Rothenberg-Jerome_07_Shaking-the-Pumpkin-opening-songs_1975.mp3

This transcription and recording is performed by Jerome Rothenberg. It is traditional Seneca poetry.

Seneca works in sets of short songs and similar to minimal poetry, here Rothenberg makes the words of the oral set up the translation. Rothenberg has used several devices to make this visible on page:

1. type size

2. type style

3. type orientation

4. spacing of letters

5. line breaks

As with concrete poetry, we have a piece of visual art made with words. Rothenberg