Xray Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Text Encoding by Tanya Clement Proofing and Additional Encoding by Tanya Clement TIFF images scanned at 600 dpi from manuscript pages and JPEGS derived by Tanya Clement Tanya Clement
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Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven's poetry is printed here with the support of the University of Maryland Libraries. Permission to reproduce images of Freytag-Loringhoven's manuscripts has also been generously granted by the libraries.

This poem and manuscript drafts are available from this site for demonstration purposes only. Though the intellectual property of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven is in the public domain, all annotations and editorial commentary are copyrighted. They may not be reproduced without explicit permission from the copyright holder. For copyright information, please contact Tanya Clement.

 Drafts of this poem occupy series 3, box 4, folder 44.

The poem "Xray" was published in transition (October 1927: 134-135). There are ten extant versions (including the published text). Across the versions there are some phrases that remain more or less the same, some that change course and change back, and still others that evolve quite dramatically in a perceptive, linear fashion.

Encoded documents and images are derived from manuscripts in the Papers of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven in Special Collections at the University of Maryland, College Park, Libraries. In addition, individual pages or leaves of manuscripts are identified by the corresponding reel and frame numbers of the microfilm edition of the Freytag-Lorinhoven Papers.

The one printed version of Xray appeared in transition 7 (October 1927): 135.

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Line numbers have been included to reflect the numbering across all versions. Thus, some line numbers are missing on versions which do not include all lines within the text.
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VIVID FALLS BUGLE SKY CASTLE CLOUDS LEAFY LIMBSWISH WESTWARD SAXOPHONE DAYS STEELBLAST GALAXY EASTWARD This fragment is a manuscript version of Freytag-Loringhoven's compilation poem "Ostentatious: Westward: Eastward: Agog." X - RAY S. . ?? ?? X-RAY. X - RAY RADIO NATURE INTENDS INTENDS ?? CAUSES CAUSES BRASS TO CORODE OXIDIZE - Nature causes brass to oxidize PEOPLE POLISH WITH INDEFATIGABLE RUB AGAINST PRIMITIVE COROSION NATURE INTENDS INTENDS CAUSES CAUSES NATURE CAUSES POEPLE PEOPLE TO AMASS - - - AMASS CONGEST CONGEST - People to congest - POEPLE PEOPLE KILL WITH INDEFATIGABLE SUNS RADIOINFUSED RADIO'S SOIL SECRET SUN MESSAGE PENETR SUNIMPREGNATED SOIL BECAUSE OF RADIO BECAUSE OF RADIO - LATENT LATENT DORMANT DORMANT IDEAL OF BRILLIANCY - BRILLIANCY DORMANT WITHIN SOIL FOR PROGRESS' DUMB BY DULL RADIOPENETRATED SOIL By dull-radiopenetrated soil BRILLIANCY LUXURY LUXURY ?? ARISTOCRACY - ORNAMENT - ARISTOCRACY - ASPIRATION - ?? SUNSHINE SUNSHINE POEPLE PEOPLE POLISH ARISTOCRACY SUN SHINE - ASPIRATION - - - - - CAUSES PENETRATES FORCES STIMULATES CAUSES FORCES SHINE COSMIC HAND'S DYNAMIC CROWD WITH INDEFATIGEABLE RUB B AGAINST PRIMITIVE PRIMITIVE PRIMITIVE COROSION - DESTINNED Destined POEPLE PEOPLE KILL WITH INDEFATIGEABLE RUB B AGAINST PRIMITIVE CROWDING - INDISTINCT ION CROWDING QUANTITY QUANTITY - FATE FLURY ONTO SPIRIT PRESS CAUSES POEPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE POLISH THINE COSMIC HANDS POLISH - COSMIC HANDS CROWDED DYNAMIC CROWD GANG TO GANG CROWD Cosmic hand's dynamic gang POLISH - Polish - TO POLISH POEPLE PEOPLE KILL - . FASTIDIOUS Kill - ?? POLISHING BRASS KNO CKERS -This added span, from "Polishing brass knockers . . . to civilizations progress" appears on the manuscript before the frist line "Nature intends . . ." CKERS BS KILLING POEPLE PEOPLE - CONTINUES FOR CIVILISATIONS ADVANCE PROGRESS PROGRESS - BY DESTINY FOR FASTIDIOUS TASTE PALATE LORD For fastidioius BOSS' NATURE AG CONTRA NATURE 'S FINISHING FINISHING PROCESS Progress FOR SHINE LORD CONTRA CHAOS LORD CONTRA CHAOS FOR QUALITY FOR FASTIDIOUS BRILLIANT BOSS' IDEE FIX SUM TOTAL : DIVINE IDÉE FIX Brilliant boss' "idee fixe " ON SPIRIT PRESS IN LABORATORY ON SPIRIT PRESS OH LORD FOR BY | | FOR - | | | BY LORDS FIXED IDEA DIOS DIVINEITY'S "IDÉE FIX." FOR FASTIDIOUS DIVINE "IDÉE FIX." OUR DESTINY: RADIANCE SPIRIT RADIANCE SUM TOTAL Sum total : LORD CONTRA CHAOS. RADIANCE OUR DESTINY DIVINE IDÉE FIX Radiance E.V.F.L ALL GOD LORD IS DYNAMIC DESIGNER - FAITHFULL TO MAP OF HIS MIND MINDMAP ONLY CONSCIENCE IS SONS THRALL TO VIOLENCE FORCE PRIMITIVE UNJUSTLY OMNIPOTENCY GRAVELS CONSCIENCE IS TRACES RESULT ALL IS ENTHRALLED INTO TO BY DYNAMIC OMNIPOTENCY GRAVELS ELECTRIC ROUTINE. CONSCIENCE IS LIES BEYOND RECKONING IN COSMIC BRAINS SUM TOTAL OF IDEAL OF PERFECTIONThe following excerpt is a manuscript version of Freytag-Loringhoven's poem "Christ - Don Quixote - St. George." This poem is part of a larger compilation of poems called "Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook's Fallibility".

HOW CAME CONCEPTION OF CHIVALRY INTO CHRIST FIRST DON QUIXOTE IN FIGHTING DEFYING ATTACKING ELEMENTALLY DRIVEN DRIVEN FORCED BRUTAL ROTATING WINDMILL ROTATION OF LORDS BEASTS ACTIVE FORCED - INTO CHIRST DON QUIXOTE I. BY SPIRITUAL DESIRE OF ELEMENT SHACKLED LORD BEASTS UNATAINABLE IN MATERIAL DIMENSION SPIRIT LORD IS IN CHRIST - ALL HIS DISCIPLES ARE ARE COMPROMISED USED FOR DIGESTION ON EARTH ?? DEVOURED BY BEASTS LORD BEAST LORD BEASTS DEPENDANCE ON ENTRAILS VITALS MATTER STOMACH ELEMENTAL VITALS TO BE DEVOURED HE MUST EAT. HERE IS LORD GOD BODY LORD - CRUCIFYING DESTROYING HAZING PITYING DON QUIXOTE BUT REMOVAL OF ENTRAILS DIGESTING VITALS IS FOR ?? LORDS PERFECTION BENEFIT DON QUIXOTES RISE TO FIRM ESTATE POOR PESTERED LORD - ELEMENT THRALL LORD OF BY THY HAS NEED THINE HIS COMPROMISED BARBARIL TO HIS CREATIONS ?? MEDIUMS NECESSITY BUT THY MESSAGE IS HEARD - THY SIGN IS BEHELD THEY OMNIPOTENCY PLENISHED BY BEASTS APPETITE BECOMES VOLUMINOUS MORE CONFIDENTLY THY DON QUIXOTERY GROWINGS ASCENDANCY WITH THY ASSEMBLED SPIRITS HEROES ASSEMBLAGE - IS RECOGNIZE WE HELP THEE FIGHTING BEASTLY WITH BEAST PURPOSE IN CONSCIOUS - GLORY NESS FOR GLORY FOR THY REDEMPTION