Michael, I confess that I haven't combed through your article with care, but I'm not sure I would have gleaned from it the argument that these "third forms" should not be called poetry.
Now that I understand that goal, I'm looking at your statement that "associations between text and image are a third form of literature..." As stated, that would capture such things as illuminated manuscripts and really skillful modern calligraphy, designed to turn the text into art. Your villanelle page seemed to me more closely associated with those than with the bee/buzz design you mention above.
And the bee/buzz design reminded me of a lot of advertising design, also a means of associating text and visual art.
Now I don't recall that anybody has called those forms poetry. Maybe these definitions need tweaking?
Maryann
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