The "I/Y"couplet has been done before, Janice. I seem to recall it's credited to a Siegel? Not sure, but I heard it decades ago. It seems like it could have been thought of independently by Maz, though.
Maryann, that sonnet to darkness is awesome. Utterly brilliant.
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Yes, it is credited to Eli Siegel. See:
http://www.aestheticrealism.net/poet...-Question.html . It is said to be the shortest poem in the English language, but I bet Ed Conti has a shorter one.