Re: req: poetry ascii?

Erik K. Veland <ekv...@online.no> wrote:
> 
> Viellen <Vie...@shadolands.net> wrote:
> >
> > can someone send me something (skinny but as long as you want) that can
> > be used as a sig file for a poetry mailing list?  I'm not sure
> > what...mabye a scroll + pem? A quill?  Anything like that....or
> > something dealing w/ poetry/writing would be great.
> > please send it to Vie...@shadolands.net 
>   __________
>  0__________)
>   \         \
>    \         \
>    /         /
>    \         \
> ekv/_________/
>   0__________)
> 
> Hey, I just made that now :)
> And while I'm at it, heres another one:
>     __________
>    @__________)
>    (         (
>     )         )
>    (         (
>     )         )
> ekv(_________(
>    @__________)
> 
> Oops, that didn't look like a scroll...
> 
> Erik K. Veland
> Wicked ascii art <http://wigwam.askoyv.no/Ascii>

I went to dejanews 
http://www.dejanews.com/ 
to find the reply I made to a similar request:
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Subject:      Re: REQ:  Old crumpled scroll..
From:         cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca (llizard)
Date:         1997/03/21
Message-Id:   <333...@lagoon.idirect.com>
Newsgroups:   alt.ascii-art
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In article <kalinski.858824509@marsh>, kal...@cs.curtin.edu.au says...
>Im looking for an ascii of an old scroll (or just scroll) that
[snip]

This isn't exactly crumpled but is it close to what you're looking for?

curly:
 _________________________________________________
(@)                                               )
 (                                               (
  )                                               )
 (                                               (
  )                                               )
 (                                               (
(@)_______________________________________________)

straight:
 __________________________________________________
(@)________________________________________________)
   \                                              \
    \                                              \
     \                                              \
      \                                              \
       \                                              \
        \                                              \
         \                                              \
          \                                              \
           \                                              \
           _\______________________________________________\_
          (@)________________________________________________)
----------------------------------------------

Well, I guess there are only so many ways to depict a scroll.

Here is a quill and ink I did:


             \/=
            \/=
           \/=
        ___/_
         ) (
ejm97  ( INK )
        \___/



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               ________________
             /(@)______________)        Well,
   ha       / | I would try   |         I am not a poet;
  ha ---%^^,  | my hand,      |         Luckily,
    ha /   >\ | But fear I    |         I know it.
           < \| will be panned|
           <  |_______________|         llizard aka ejm
           <  (@)______________)  cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca
         ^^|\
           ' '

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