A Poetry Sporadical of Repeating Forms
A Poetry Sporadical of Repeating Forms
We have used the noncontact Shadow Moiré method
We have used the noncontact Shadow Moiré method
to measure sheet surface topography.
to measure sheet surface topography.
We have Moiré topography; noncontact,
the method used to measure sheet—shadow—surface.
In this method, the surface is measured
In this method, the surface is measured
in a natural state.
in a natural state.
A natural method, this, the surface state.
In. In is measured.
The word “Moiré” was first used by the French to describe the surface
The word “Moiré” was first used by the French to describe the surface
of a specific type of silk fabric that had a watered or wavy pattern.
of a specific type of silk fabric that had a watered or wavy pattern.
To describe “Moiré”: of a watered or wavy pattern. A type of silk fabric
that the French had used. Was by the surface—the first specific word.
To describe Moiré (a type of silk fabric used by the French),
To measure “Moiré” (a wavy pattern, a watered sheet surface),
first the surface had that specific word. Or, in the natural
state of the surface, this measured topography.
We have Shadow, the noncontact method.
In method, “is” was used.
Jan Bottiglieri is a poet and freelance writer living in Schaumburg, Illinois. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Pacific University, and is an associate editor with the poetry annual RHINO. Previous publications include work in Rattle, Margie, Atticus Review, and Diagram.