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This poem is taken from PN Review 271, Volume 49 Number 5, May - June 2023.

Mr Schmidt Stops the Mongol Army
a machinemade poem on the 50th Anniversary of PNR
John Gallas
Brandon-Oliver-Machine 2023 worked by John Gallas

a book dipp’d in pohutukawa
& worth a pretty penny

page 50 is a large sonnet
in 73 languages

borne by Mr Schmidt
to terrific proportions

no debe pasar he says
...


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