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Saturday, August 25, 2018

Volodymyr Bilyk - Five Roadrage Poems Inspired by Ex Ex Lit

Author's Note: Ex-Ex-Lit was one of the sources of inspiration at the initial writing stages of Roadrage. It was a place where i could catch the vibe and get in the right mood for writing. As such, I think it would be appropriate to share a couple of poems from the earlier configurations of Roadrage that were directly inspired by the poems that appeared in Ex-Ex-Lit.

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ROADrage is an assorted collection of poems warped inside out upside down, twisted backwards and tied into a Moebius strip because The Beatles "Because".

The book can be ordered here. You can read the sample here


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1.
timid,  tickling.. 
palpitation whisk...
... ... 
- tacit gulp- 
utmost frown 
pitapat tartar: tap-tap 

cackle 
quail peal 
-null doodles veer adust.

chink: 
squeeze:
wallowing blank waff.
nab flush stroke.

twist-twirl; -plump – bling.
/

harsh hiss 
tumble sough: 
shill...
cheeks toss gush -
(splotch!)

smirk, vague
wrecks a bit
.. ... "
indelible:

fanfare pall clatter -
stiff, hollowed;
irks ripple kindly .
......:taut silence;

e
e
e;
swipe;
NULL.
?
.

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2.
frown lactation
inane vague: jarring peal 
.... ... ... ... .
- bing drab. 
.
raddle…
Vapid: quaff:
-nicked... lull... ...

sough, Timbuktu trill;
Down.

-sheen…
- zigzag..... jaw: 
spin, ogle: - …slight.)
trundle...
…rash... eruction

hip, bean, stir, whop, skirt, perplexing 

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3.
Smirk, vague 
wallowing sine thrustle 
"um".

afterclap -'thump 
crackle ample squeeze:
fanfare - 

sapid glance:
ting - osculated echo: 
-click-click- 

frown / wink:
- curls out, humble
-tang: wallow
-
throb! 
exorbitant vespertine shrug 
("swipe")-

solemn somber bob.
Dizzying, excruciating boom; 
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4.
sweep - veer sideways…
Glint 
Rumpled skin: 
- frowsy scrap tossed. 

ripple
cloud burst – halting:
vicious bitter: smothers 
sweat /

…knee knock – dash off, 
eye roll:
.
Plash: nil 
.

hollow
Rebound bounce.
-deafening tinkling.

slap wail,
nebulous rumination 
gnaws viscous gibbous rancor -:

slash-lash nibble.

peal.

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5.
blank smirk 
tum-tumult
(eerie).
: timid,
- titter dab: " 

WHAM!

cheeks scorched 
warped inside

eye roll sough:
blink

strident zigzag thrust backwards).

whiplash blow

faint grin





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