Volodymyr Bilyk


Variations on ROADrage


1 Morse Code Reiteration

("superfluous horn stab.")

guffaw, quaff. DODO DODO DODO.
gurgle tawdry - ...soothing. soothing soothing
guffaw, quaff. DODO DODO DODO.

("superfluous horn stab.")

squiggle sappy : - bing bing! /-
guffaw, quaff. DODO DODO DODO.
LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug,
guffaw, quaff. DODO DODO DODO.
tingle trill tingle trill tingle trill
LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug,
warbling mesmeric mesmeric mesmeric - floored... .
tingle trill tingle trill tingle trill
twist-twirl POW! twist-twirl POW! twist-twirl POW!

("superfluous horn stab.")

gurgling seething -
"tic tac toe" -tilt: "tic tac toe" -tilt: "tic tac toe" -tilt:
snivel snivel snivel
- busted inside out.
"tic tac toe" -tilt: "tic tac toe" -tilt: "tic tac toe" -tilt:
snivel snivel snivel
- busted inside out.
gurgling seething -

("superfluous horn stab.")

cough cough cough
guffaw, quaff. DODO DODO DODO.
flourish void
LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug,
- floating floating floating torpid torpid
guffaw, quaff. DODO DODO DODO.
LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug,
dirge loop dirge loop dirge loop
tingle trill tingle trill tingle trill
- thrown lactating thrown lactating thrown lactating:
LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug,
- caution groggy savage caution groggy savage -
guffaw, quaff. DODO DODO DODO.
tartar thrust tartar thrust
LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug, LIP pop shrug,
pine pine pine

("superfluous horn stab.")


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2 Diastic

titter
boggling sound nonce jerk
bubbles boggling oppugn
titter oppugn
drawing bubbles rictus jerk
blimp sound blimp blimp
sound
nonce bubbles
sound nonce orotund titter belch bursting impudent boggling
tingling nigh
tingling nidifugous
titter oppugn bursting
empuzzlement blimp tear bubbles dubious titter ostentatious impudent
dubious nidifugous tingling boggling

abrigated
abrigated
abrigated
abrigated

Shrill

boggling
ostentatious wryly
gnaw nigh
boggling blimp
sound belch wryly nonce bubbles
impudent knack hesitant squirm impudent wrested
titter tingling boggling tingling wrested bubbles
impudent knack titter ostentatious ostentatious nidifugous

boggling tingling
tear Shrill sound sound impudent wrested


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3 Just Words in Random Order

flam rufous heinous stir yawn bubble slap gulp bound pitch nimble lapse notion blink cachinnate poke hop lash cackle utmost boisterous tuck blow chill clap toot pat flow glance knock droll pull yawn whirr abrupt vex rash curtain hash roll cobble lam gob null vex gurgle dum dum eruption roll saliva zoom click hinge rap deafening momentary ebb brass gnaw tap faint la sip fore lock thump bean twang tap gasp billow backwards urge zeal clobber drawn rap zing dimples wince chink breathe nod blare pull chin flump hiss bat tuck still yank gouged words simper clash last - Sweet …


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4 Sorted Shorter to Longer Lines

WHAM!
sob...
chirp:
aught:
- deep
tick...
--- pshaw.
cackle -...
( spacious...
mists the pity
withered dire bob
- twists beyond...
drolls sound stop.
.-.-.- tilt opaque,
Tap-tap: curtain Ducks
dizzy thud, drawn out'...
wrest " wry....... ( hoot:
tears the sky around beyond
"vex"wrecks-: brows itching
cheeks dab: )... " ( offish...
inane" -"zoom belch:" )... " ( pop )
fingers snap "zing" Eh? ) ---"toot ( oblong...
soothing: Eyes: " bee ".................................. ( "


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5 Poems 20-39 truncated to the first letters of each line

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esl-.i-(-v...bb-fl(.T
Nl-lf"-ws(-tdsp.sd
DWcPH.-aePgi-C---Ht.Mw
y-—a-CPw/(w-(l-.-sP-O
ttTfthtatpbbttewbai
j-eBBBBBN(-b…T…SOc…(e““
FTT…c-ws-D"ipsp
dobok….…nr.eh-nt-b…s

BY-zl--P/v.(..../

S-.Wcwtpp-I…gdsTc
bt-s---'b"Tsbg.hg".
Pa(bd*d"(t-.nntvgG
sj".fP((/d-bffm.sb-p
e.s:.l-(ngsstcs…(-s
WCR-GRgfcvs…e.P.hdG.w.
Kt"-cfcmgbgy-W-p-.-r.,wtfa
TZBW;/Dsco-sswh-t
DbmtsuhgfMs-bdssl"-b


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6 Lines Randomized

grand opaque engulf
...uh,
...
...

- turns lurid... (tongue in cheek)
Timbuktu trite.

...
(clasp clap) snap.
(splotch!)
vagrant eructation...
sparkling raddled billow…
-nick, -bump
- *finger-wagging.
ineffable sonorous tenuous nictation (rapturous)
lacking… fluff' tickling
eldritch flip-flop:

bat-bat.
lather burst.

booming gulp.


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7 Alphabetized

"bump .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.-
("pound" burp.)
(breathe lisp, spasm): whack .-..-..-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.-.-..-..-.-.- .-.-..
- rumination; piercing nip/
- surd; neck: whirl whoop.
...smirk?
...tap-tap", slobber
/. -

Pitapat:

bellowed hands - swerve:
blob flushed downwards:
dab hackled
fanfare swish.
flap-flap –
frolic squinch of fore bulge,
jarring: uh-hmm "jab"
mouth zip - chops/gob -
perspicacious gape
sallow streak;
swipe.


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8 Cut Up

osculate splash
harsh fillip ogle
yearning

gulp onrushing

Blank gibe drowsy
Sip loop
twang stare - Smack
half wham opaque Pop …

Shadow ears the sigh jingle

toll

Flump
severance burst

Tick …
gag woebegone slush
soothe cull …mute …Ebbing
swipe
chirr spin
hiss


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9 Lines Backwards

("superfluous horn stab.")
thrusts the tartar out to pine

- groggy caution (savage) -
- thrown lactating:

dirge loop
- floating torpid;

void, flourished
.../...cough/!

snivel - busted inside out.
"tic tac toe" -tilt:

gurgling seething -
twist-twirl; POW!
mesmeric warbling - floored... .

tingle trill;
- shrug,

LIP-pop.
sappy squiggle: - bing! /-
tawdry gurgle - ...soothing.
-: DODO.
guffaw, quaff.


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10 Keyboard Layout Displacement

A Colemak
slkuylr ypyglms - y''ldm.
u,'lsfmgO kfivh kiu,'/
yrgfmgaguylr emave-dmaw
Rhpuii … / … musutldylr mymvfO
puvglr akpudagfs/ ///
f,'lxxif,fmg/// kyddiumd.
hfrugamg rqlup,
- wpjij wpfrgfs gfap mudh -nfpe/ guggfpO
- ugvhumd. gumdiumd/ klkkifr l'o rmypg klprgumd …
rylms yt spawumd/ 

---
B Workman

Toasy…bubbor/ sbwaukrh mfwhorh.
Bumeoukg.
BYPKGI va-hfl hfl-hfl
…nad myukei moa;,
moa;... - tukgrws
moas;rh.
dauo. ;ofl;, rmyp sugyI
sdroos (uk byr hrksr mopfh) - ..

-.-. -.- / - --- -.-. -.- / - ..
-.-. -.- / - --- -.-. -.-

Hugubs oukgrw fktrugkrh…
•uwerh dpwls• trsbrw
uk byr gasy awpfkh
byr s;oukbrw pt byr
luwwpw ;fsyrh yrukpfsoj vj byr hppw
foorh vamedawhs
avwf;boj soasy-oasy
kuvvor. ;rao.




These pieces are based on poems from Volodymyr Bilyk's new book ROADrage, an "assorted collection of poems warped inside out upside down, twisted backwards and tied into a Moebius strip because The Beatles "Because"."

The book can be ordered here. You can read a sample here.
 
 
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