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"Benjamin M. Weiland" <benjamin.weiland@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> "Sam Blanning" <enquiries@nationalcoursingclub.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't
> >remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know.
>
> In this relationship I heard of the term "visual poetry", might be the
> one you were looking for.
>
> >There are many
> >other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. Unfortunately I
> >can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme to.
>
> I collected some German ones, here's my attempt to translate them:
>
> EbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTideTide
> EbbsEbbs  TideTideTideTide
> Ebbs  TideTideTideTideTide
> EbbsEbbs  TideTideTideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs  Tide
> EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTideTide
> EbbsEbbs  TideTideTideTide
> Ebbs  TideTideTideTideTide
> EbbsEbbs  TideTideTideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs  Tide
> EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTideTide
> EbbsEbbs  TideTideTideTide
> Ebbs  TideTideTideTideTide
> EbbsEbbs  TideTideTideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs  Tide
> EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTideTide
> EbbsEbbs  TideTideTideTide
> Ebbs  TideTideTideTideTide
> EbbsEbbs  TideTideTideTide
> EbbsEbbsEbbs  TideTideTide
>
>
> Nah - the following doesn't look good when it's translated. The phrase
> "Die Zeit verrinnt" means "Time goes by", "Tempus fugit".
>
>
>  Die Zeit verrinnt
>  Die Zeit verrinnt
>  Die Zeit verrinnt
>  Die Zeit verrinnt
>   Die Zeit verrin
>    Die Zeit verr
>     Die Zeit ve
>      Die Zeit
>       Die Zei
>        Die Z
>         Die
>          D
>          i
>          e
>          Z
>          e
>          i
>          t
>          v
>          e
>         Dri
>       eitrZDe
>     ntitiinevtr
>  eiDtrZinnDentiZi
>  ieDiviDvnrZDntrti
>  reeiZetrtvinZeZet
>  ntvDvnriZDedivrrZ
>  DnZtvenntrZrnteie
>  iviDvnrZvntrtiieD
>
>
> And i made one my own, some months ago. It's german, too.
>
> http://www.abiteuer.de/temp/truegerischewahrheit.txt
>
> The big white letters spell out "Wahrheit", which means "thruth". It is
> made out of the word "Luege" (sorry, the umlaut ue is not ascii char),
> which means "lie".
>
> benjamin

Here's one I made last week.


                                                         BUILD
                                                         BUILD     BUIL
             BU     BUI        BUI                       BUILD     BUIL
             BUI    BUILDI     BUI              BUILD BUILDINGBU   BUIL
             BUI  BUILDING     BUI              BUILD BUILDINGBU   BUIL
             BUI  BUILDING     BUI     BUILDI   BUILD BUILDINGBU   BUIL
        BU   BUI BUILDINGB     BUI     BUILDI   BUILD BUILDINGBUILDINGB
 BUILDINGB   BUI BUILDINGB  BUILDINGB  BUILDI   BUILD BUILDINGBUILDINGB
 BUILDINGB   BUILDINGBUILD  BUILDINGB  BUILDI   BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN
BUILDINGBU   BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDING  BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDING
BUILDINGBU   BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBU
BUILDINGBU   BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBU
BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN
BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN
BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGB dp BU
BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN

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