poems || John M. Bennett

olvido del garrote

no ,ya  .palaver spilletd

nor whater should nig h

ni nada ,whap it up

the river shoots the

snore fingers ,torqued

molto and the skin

whistles ,glistens and

your eating  )spoke

inside the itching

foot(  ay bummer

face ,croissant the

streams of air  )la

poesía que don nadie

lee(  un pedo un

trueno un sortilegio

de ventanas o o vacías

...ejecución somera...

- Augusto Pinochet

olvido de la obra

ni engarglantado ni enso

bado ni mis güevitos sur

cacados con los riañosos a

güitas emplapados supe no

supe la nadacosa floppy

beneats my sleat sp

adtered with a día realita

)apbrí la broca y la pa

labrabla me manchoseaba

la cramisa oronta...(

≈onda lapsus≈ fraught

whis ker b ,eating the

sheet gargabateada ay

me perdí el tomotambo

los bloquelibros caídos

al ≈río≈ turburbujlencia que

va que vaviene ni vaivén

de mis plumas ahogadas

ni pajinal de esta blo

ombing on my desk ni

fin ininfinito

Obras completas...

- Augusto Monterroso

olvido del ojo

the cheese neck ,howling curd

where my stapled laundry turned

below the bed a hose dancing ,lay

ered in the glinting room gleaming

in the smoky corner where a

mask is stacked on toilet paper

:injecta claw ,peeing on the

book:  the long fog grease time

)why shirty(  heavy boat ha

lf sunk you raise your head

whey ,doubled doubting ro

amed across the clear lint

clot o peeling nose the

feet crowd my gated

wander burned my swal

lowed head  )your rat key(

where I saw the skull be

decked with flowers

,dark and crumbling like

my hands  )lost in

seeing ,the tabled word

burnt                      OUT

...ixpopoyotl...

- Huitzilopochtli

olvido de l’allée

long levered headache storm

lintgrown chair speeding tow

ard the foggy screen the

foggy shade slapping on the

glass your tiny dirt half

lunged shadow towel dri

bbling in the ink your len

til soup contained ah ha

lf uh ,morty shorts ,a

balone glinting in the

toilet where yr belt

se ahogaba a light

pole sweats outside the

window  ss   sss    ssss

chew your leg an iso

lation crisped inside yr

shoe its tumba corn

its looted teeth drowned

in oil and hair your ha t

growing rai n  ;   ;    ;      ;      N

...respiro la calle orinosa...

- Leopoldo Lugones

-- 

2 poems || David Jalajel

brunch

the coveted locale provides her perfect

triangulation bar food table diners

seek equilibrium the algorithm

rapidly singles out a word about

to be spaghetti-ised and left to deal

with countering a hostile g.o.p.

congress spun and outright lied her once

unstoppable campaign cut short her texting

there’d never be enough for both of us

predicting that the day’s first papers claim

to judge observed behaviours as proceptive

graphic bite-sized unremitting current

with one who’s served to calculate her point

on every score is soon struck out as null

camaraderie

most of the holiday festivities

are over so it’s back to the real couple

dozen people ogling thoroughbred 

racing slots each book gets duly copied

and placed on the chance stallion wins the full

holistic work experience invites

travel tips the balance their return

from local fair grounds warranting they sign

the day by day increasing pleasant weather

forecasts steep increased emergency

leave auto tours for walking partly sunny

clearing the air the gusty wind excites

them to wager they’ll decide to savour

the moment as they pant a steady lap

poetry || Jim Leftwich

from Six Months Aint No Sentence--Book 17

not this

a hybrid of do we know

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

a long time about

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

the democratic nothing

 01.28.2012

not that

characters

at the vou

beginninni

nnnnnnnnnn

indist sae

saeh seahh

sea in pra

prai is th

the our be

before the

text texttt

01.28.2012

not this

we want Dionysos, we get Tantalus.

we resist Tantalus, we get Oedipus.

we rid ourselves of both Oedipus and Tantalus, we get Sisyphus.

we give up.

we still want Dionysus, but we will settle for Ariadne.

01.28.2012

not that

even Nero's fiddle is on fire!

we dismiss it as progress and carry on.

01.28.2012

2 texts || Peter Ganick

07] bullion rend gneiss tartan official nominal prehensile caffeine silencer assume greetings elixir peppers tantrum shortfalling commiserate blockhead neither watershed platoon ceiling morris coldplay agon scrutinize emplot hourly lorgnette calligraphy strum repatriate motile averaging slightly permafrost vicinity spacious eternity azure zone sonic dream collection silken nothingness wandering sallow proem caller snuff identification melody nth endive grade soot assurance stiletto anchoring slight naissance torn parliamentarian climb streets delay comparable ontology island etiology scrupulous treatment slash coffer delete mirroring earliest vicinity presumption lectern nominal clobber stupefy eachness letterings amazement lineate stetson figural dasein comparable itinerary conduit acclaim reef snowfalling caliper occasional nil notebooking aside languages edit fallacies demote ankh wuss nougat imperfect assail cuff enteric languages salute crisscross enigmatic luddite contrast ivory nascent thereins primacy brim nomos attrition each vectored ampoule conduit eachless toothed nostrum least virtual imaginary travelogue stet thisness weave assurance ruddy snare calligraphy smitten.

08] theyself venetian nod situate annotate sinister vacant yammer clarionette glyphic engulf materia mundi divot excized infotainment cigarillo anchor soda appear erasure figural cogent lycenium preempt voluble accurate motion weighty span deux improbabilities evidence asleep gracious nths either ingredents actuality zone tureen clotilde mainstay element villanelle commence surfaces teevee sutra nougat improving ammunition sere than celebrate voices delight impervious twilight infrequency soothsayer nifty parallax elixir ogle miasma emulate vanguardism preen clef doubt enigma tort scree palliative soak housecall improbable gestural iconic naïve structure either waits untidy realismo repeat paradigm seize nothingness wary premonition evasion fleshed otherwise parley graceful lingual matinee alcoves drab butterball increase deluge rooftop harangue silencer nintendo rally portentous muff salt zones delicacy repeater silencing calcify promissory lucidity non-delivery horlogeries asleep neither wade sudden aegis promulgate invisible contrast niceties ludic proper nsaid elementary hoopla nuke clairvoyant accede classifies deluges property acme partook side wallboard commentary fools affable three reals.

poem || Barry Alpert

NAIJA BLUES


This woman won do me 419.
Girlfriend mama na airforce 1.

Abi na my food you wan chop.
I no dey wear aba made shoes.

Allow the acada o!  en think e be professor.

Dey scatter my brain yet
ginger my swagger.

text || Noel Canlas

Stttc

LHER DIST CIMM REGH DIZ COIR DRA

ISTH JUR APPE OTH CAFOST IMM RHU

DIT ACM FUH HIO GHO SERCA DESW

IUC PLE OIB WOIN DRU CUO SDI MYAS

PWI DIX WIU CIO BLI FHOY SWOV KOJ

KIB GEHG SPOJ HOL PLEW QAI BUAST

BIK DOD BREA CWAB PUH SIQU BALTL

JUY DERK GUEC SIL ABD FIH OPHT AR

JIR GYSD KEF ABGE CIF BOUD WIH UD

ODV IHJI ORFW GES ANM DGIH SUGHK

ASD HIJ DOI GAC YSPE NOK OIDI PRIFI

AJA HUYR DRI SEFC REUF GOS DEJGS

HSE RFHY WREW KHUI YIG DUF ISBWU

BLAT CERB VREH OIB HIOF EEE UETH

YIS MNO CWUN EIEOF AEWO FIW VUR

FUW AQY DUY JHER SGUV HIES UFREI

GVES PIRG SURT ANVE COIJ IGHI AOA

FROH EDFI OEUD GIOS CBIU EIRP DUS

JIK USG SAL YUR WALD SVAM UVIELL

ACS PODY ODUS CSER MZUA KRIKHIE

SSHO MINC ZARQ SIEI NIND JIDR FRE

KOS WIR USYHS GIC SORL NBE POBEJ

DIW OWF UFUT SERT ESD OINB OETI

KIG DOR ASA INMID FROW IZKT BAST

FHET ALD SIUN ROIG HYUB VIW AEWT

PHWI SIV HIO ROR JOFS ERK AWV SH

APKR IAT DAJ HAGI ORHD SWE IATHI

LER SOM AGA SIY BAW DUP STRO BUE

JIHD SEYW QIR ATOC TIJ GIJ PEJ HEJ

KELG SEV LEV ITR MWE RNIS GID IEG

SWI LIOS BEFT POIC BWAF FIW DUVR

HUY YUW VOJ SUJ COH SRIO GIMUFH

SIF FUW CIW LIW DOIG ZTED GIYIEG

POIY HIVH CLEX JIO KOIB DIRF URTS

CISFH JEGT NRIT CIF DKEW KUYF HX

JUH GWIH HLOK PIRJ NIVT FESF IRML

DEOP VIYT CURG FRUF ERB WIH AEKT

...

pome || Billy Bob Beamer

パOME 449fraにしg mepresで

siartaud  … for beth s

 

hisiしてく noeg bu t機hult

 パソ flewit whoweit an su

tanc でにしてく ois ord les

hings onomoとつでvept ah ea

fioty feshoin ithi tioa  po

h’ tektite annot ondth poii

機tothi mog minter mexce taw

hadにd itsrectly tobo noh pe

ktoabelf  anweto heoan thare

woditin erms dottob cous でに

してacit ipreise lythi pai fe

term ich balnc achot ainainbo

dequim caeel thr機ound sipou r

om uner moug anamored toonte m

theer m  unsurte beir intieai n

o solsubtraとつで meean thointwi

機ipos bratu sesto contith mifeと

つで bemes alo asuとつでden se  ly

taibl anirtul feam ruck beideaでに

してく fanunexan fidspa who機rmly a

lis memts comunとつでiaton inteとつ

でrerenes ject機oy solsubtraとつでて

2 texts || Peter Ganick

05] mica records effete acousticity crash amalglam foul placebo mitten lastly energetically dour noema preparative oceanside washer clout neither salida peppered empyrean slice allow fracas tilde smorgasbord earliest mead assist veep others denizen sanitize peremptory calendar nod scrupulous devote asemic luddite teacup remote snowfallen anima ciliate mogul escarole nutcracker annual presumptuous varmint clustering tahini rubric plaid versive galley pretense maison detritus emblematic reopener saison trieste valkyrie deafening loot slippery acclimatize rebus benzene preacher obtuse siren clobber noon stratifications elaborate mode scrawl parsec smite value dramatic ethos ingredient unknown eschew nothingness wrack invincibly caterwaul ontologically prasada euro soothsayer noose granite surreal trickle utensil rehearse stubby rallentando scherezade mollify oars oppression blight ensembles radar aluminum construct gopala migraine silent cerise remedy acclimate voices enigmatic lubricious tiramisu effrontery acme cog passel nostrum academe sturdy breaking spate nestling wraiths pizza merger qualia nostradamus epicures demitasse villanelle shortfall unveil accelerate nutshell obtuse.

06] cadre opt pattern los engine laissez prim nths pimento alhambra ductile active nefarious threnody nascent mirage soul assiduous literal salada elemental meaninglessness quaff remedial prehension lasting alongside washes elder loot ensemble calligramme voiceless opaque milling iffy screed parlance tout candelabra smiling fealties therein imaginary nil apprehension gotcha mirror gaggle scrutiny presume calcify tiling enamel protégé listener nadir bower ultrabook kamikaze gnostic validation porous elsewhom nor harpoon saltpeter evening torn adorns elixir vacancy twinkie slash urreal commiserate vanishing isness together assail sleeping cadres emit grasps agitprop eventual iterating selfless entry comparable isness caterwaul formidable once told haptic ovation erstwhile trepidation mélange operating vacuum teleological mobius cranny slash torn aileron deem muttering saccharine fabulosity everywhat amidst combination intersect ballyhoo cinnamon pursuit nailing witness clod nepotism valkyrie stimmung listener which threefoldn language covert parroted anisette magus cottontail emeritus breathing alto nearby snippet contort evening breath since lot saison telco burner threes crown either wit.

text || Edward Nichols

DIALECTIC PANDEMONIUM

 C              Jaunchette doldrimes condasuve crockellette dialite confiermutation crissruds seventh fork U Stund oin un blaxumute the therame tuv Joad en lelleia feolds uz triqualai simner furplice curdloss toin coendusiura,Rondess cegarise ofer dei tryumpinth rondum axesess fir melluons uv tiers fliead bi-textual cunsuimerria tlimesian shearottai quentait claying neusic uv obsulote sullyetude wrichth eiz whuete eye dike blust. Cunsary noiloition tiz wut eye knead ainde sum Humusatchel fuintaizieau two rielievette mie frostation und du eit rieght to- un a-e-I-o-u boiesheou weis eire iete  weill beie eenspurayshunall. Eiye doint noie eif ie kan shandes meechei muire uv  deezy eieye musk goiye dui eetei.Sauchante Jeiueolestte putturnel uftur thau Muise ainde hur chiauldruness liekkeiss appeirunsea un a-e-i-o-u boieshe liekkeis uppeirunseas .

                    Krikadale mustardubutory fuintaisey uv uinge boistoadrush  Jung  Koelloctive Unnercunshush  floten ike buoys unde A_A_A  'see' uf  seen crow kneecity. Vonupetense flaieries  fluiridity uvs  lowcaishush  loxeriente  plueche kechume ovi cick  enne  sand  Zuntucuzen  gluckshe eite lack  unne  gurthe az emuedges slow true Ur mine  onteel U-U-Y  orau shusifried unddee denne Dee  ensplushration  weell  combest 2-2-2-3  thaugh fourfrinth  ta-llette  berry eagle friaring

'Hi', teel peel thauwe Muse  cumesse.

                     Crokenesse  entette flitter trodene truie cumiolopes casparading  bury lookworm. Letter teau beigh haught-tain koeld. Maik hte pirids beegur.Thytieme foncshun rowverbairdtes oroindthg eht rume------ruemennations axess abbsess fo---hte suoele fo A hole generdtornationshun nadrea ebing brutt ownd2-2-2eht sessiopool chuire sas-see ev-ur-e-the-eeng.UYO  NAC  EB  schuireiau  ov-en Yhagtah.

                       Oil-e-e- roell-UR cain ebe  posit-tiv  a-boat  thgagt.  Heir   Oh!-cleen-ainde oauht uv stile.Knead Jung two buoy me-e-e  oine  theaie  seie  uv  Seen Crow Knee City.Caine own-Lee  Fan-terd-size  a-Boat  eeight  und Sat Piss  Fie  mie  Shelf  tat-Tul  weighA-A-A-Board  Tim  Wood  Bea- Alti- Tudes  Wood  Beie  Nieise.

novel excerpt || John Pursch

Juan Halset Mayergrieve

A bleak undie suction, whether scour plucks narrow, squeals common tobay, tobait, tosquab tebauble inmonty ontanious shards aubards unberdsy twards ebbliewire, mest gnomistably heir, enhosputandum quo locatius eregimound fliegle, twile ord hippenly steck uneister. 

Kabuki leered a sodden, brawny eye and letch flarse with a slobby tangue: “Whech esta splay, coroibal emply, dat de awks’ve plaken a Tudor ordrei, grapen dasquail atchauns tonapple onde beedy schlock, klinta loik unaldert eloctien ore.”

Argreeun matily, heez warn cheroot schmoakin emprador, Juan Halset Mayergrieve, rejoindered brasquily: “Chezt, woive gut anudder sech bedacle, perspacular hesh deyqualm, staren et’soghe chestout etus, olliesplet teblasd oureizoot, fallowed serried voomie biauraleers. Heftal weir schalky, weed’ll crakitoot elife wedoum arears adrooblin broot empaddled.”

“Eetah woi, eareyz’ll hev plondie tedesponta, blain grotallie troasted oot, tellwie schluss antisconce obalidy tascernides whud’s shelfwhy pollutable,” spargled ye olde Kabuke, net tabbie ootarned und pheatured. “Acorns, byschem et’ll awlby uberbet dashooten; carse der’ll pie spluntio dot tegroundup elluv oaremandered pensinolities.”

Dasoon neighbor settie whar Juan Halset set, spayeth damain: “Madvice t’ye estu schemplie sturmoffal yer trolley vizor ungeftit tuda salivaten ormery, whetch’s whud mervifial dudweet oars yoresago.”

Slavoredus trecades oshullbeet, ontablen letso whards tebe wrotten; thespeacie beana pripocasein pont.

poetry || John M. Bennett

olvido del cuate viento

sucker neck the gland

ulular de mis abuelos la

loose grinning in the

hay con bosta filled

but’s just palabras son

,poemas  )nada(  si

lencios where no sil

encio srounds  .)my

fog-draped leg my

louder cheek half

storming out the room(

~Ú    ~Ú             ~Ú

~  ~  ~

-Ehecatl

olvido of the blind

soli  dunitario  .meseta  .in

tensiva la ,pleni luna del

fork “fatuo” es  .raw t

rowel its blood its drip re

hearsal or  .donut cage

the  .s.an.d  ri.se.n  a.g

.ainst  t.he  .gl.ass  .ah

buried dog and robe  !cor

onta y pechero  .oro del

hueso y  .huata sin piel

sin  .desayuno  .lesser

change en  .ters m

.y figuración fi.gúr

ate  .no  .simón  .“el

desierto de mi lengua”

)))se  )))))seca en el mar

.................,......................................

...lo ciego que ví.

- Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga

  

olvido de la manguera

“the” “chopping flood” flidd

les gummy soup shoulder wawa’s

chest ,rotting birds a nest

glass burst the hammy

water y las soledades

al revés “plenty too

thy” jáhaw a’jaw  )the

mask clutched to’s(  “y

et archive”  .the wind boul

der ,sp lashing air I  .was ne

kkid inside my shirt you

.)plunger at the gate(

raised the bowl oh ch

alchihuite  !)wet storm

st  one ,de la barriga

llena ,grava ,o se

millas del reloj que

masticaba la carret

era de torturmenta de

mi lábpiz flojo  “sp

raying ink like a hose ≈ ≈ ≈ ”

...n’écrit rien.

- Samuel Beckett

 

olvido del menudo

tool the hatted air mon

coin t’estimule ay el dedazo

que a mí el ojo arranca ,el

izquierdo ,the normous head

dimmer than a cloud it was

n’t “me” it was me at the

hammered box el trono de

tuercas ,cantinflando el

poema preciosísimo  )de

ciosidades(  y cojines em

papados de ruiorinas the

)silvered hair(  )]insect tictic

king in the wall[( ‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’

‘  ‘   ‘     ‘       ‘ ‘’’’’’’’’’’’   ‘ ‘’’’   ‘’’’ ‘’’

))...dropped my tdime in the draining

pool...((

...sommes noirs au miroir

de la guerre intestine

- Jacques Dupin