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Albino Carrots
Memory chains. Sitting in our living room, facing each other, contemplating what might be for dinner, he can’t remember the word. Out comes “albino carrots”. And so I contribute “parsnips”. Forever to be remembered as “albino carrots”. Chained to memory. … Continue reading
Gleanings
Little islands united in an archipelago and the fields turn fallow in the absence of tractors. Young men sun themselves In summer’s groin Isolated, the image Injures the present Lines set as stanzas: * from Economy of Winter ** from … Continue reading
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Finger
I have elsewhere remarked on anaphora and the erotic. https://berneval.hcommons-staging.org/2011/07/01/litanies-of-lust/ I know by the time (1983) I wrote “Finger” I had read Ginsberg’s “Please Master”. Looking back I am amused by the undulating lines that mark the deletion of the … Continue reading
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Texture, Colour and Time
Gemma Gorga Translated from the Catalan by Sharon Dolin Forever fused in my mind — pomegranate seeds and cat’s tongue — unforgettable. Pomegranate I pry out the seeds with my fingers and all my memories spill onto the frosty marble … Continue reading
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S.T.O.P.
the lack of punctuation gives the reader a choice to stop or carry on at the line breaks Maged Zaher from If Reality Doesn’t Work Out Everything is grey All i can do is experiment with punctuation And resist looking … Continue reading
Venture a Voicing
Dare you to read this aloud (or at least subvoclaize): The experience of reading poetry aloud when you don’t fully understand it is a curious and complicated one. It’s like suddenly discovering that you can play the organ. Rolling swells … Continue reading
Raising
“Detroit as Barn” in Detroit as Barn Crystal Williams [concluding stanzas] Still, folks click their teeth & wonder on which day, at what time, the pitiful barn will give. The farmer too scratches his mighty, balding head. But he’s forgotten … Continue reading
Avian Names
There are lots of birds in this collection by Linda Bierds The Hardy Tree. Traces of the poet-writer self? Or persona? Figures of fleeting moments and form… The ending of “The Hardy Tree” […] young birds that just a year … Continue reading