texts that change the conscious parameters of literature, both for readers and writers. from a different angle than these, r.p. blackmur adds: 'poetry: [is] ...language so twisted and posed in a form that...it adds to the stock of available reality.' formerly edited by peter ganick. send texts to Volodymyr Bilyk at ex.ex.lit@gmail.com for consideration...
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Monday, January 25, 2021
Monday, January 18, 2021
Michael Estabrook - Three Poems
PARENTS' NIGHT
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL:
(ορ: βλονδεσ αρε ωονδερφυλ)
MATH CLASS: %52$9001&**@
(YELP)
blonde with golden earrings,
red cheeks, lipstick,
fingernails: βλονδεσ
(BARK)
(like Miss Staniszevski,
my high school math teacher)
βλονδεσ αρε
(GRUNT)
tight black dress with
great flashing buttons:
smooth silky legs: sweet
feminine aroma:
βλονδεσ αρε ωονδερφυλ
(SNIFF, SNIFF)
(God but I love math)
βλονδεσ αρε ϕυστ φυχκινγ
ωονδερφυλ ωονδερφυλ
(TWIRLING WHEN WALKING)
FOUR TURTLES CROSSING
strange month of June
I saw four turtles cr
ossing four different
roads at four differe
nt times
stopped the car twice
to take them away: dr
opping one, a red-ear
painter, into a nearb
y pond, & dropping th
e other, an unhappy s
napper, about yea big
which I lifted by its
tail carefully watchi
ng its open-jawed hea
d snake up & around l
ike a cobra coming ou
t of a basket, into a
gully leading down to
a stream
the other two I could
n't do anything about
I was moving too fast
& there were too many
cars; couldn't risk c
racking up for a turt
le; I know that but I
feel damn guilty abou
t it nonetheless
SHE
AVERTED
HER EYES
she
averted
her
eyes
when
I
looked
at
her
saw
her
stand
ing
there
all
shapely
and
sweet
with
fine
smooth
lines.
Monday, January 11, 2021
Xabi Goizane - Surviving 2020
Crutch barricade
Rib really became an island
haunting bellyful gutter neon light
eyes brass mushroom
escalator astounding dazzling melody fallout
brown raspberry chill
clock delights the lizard pyramid
weird hideaway
pain projection
anxious floppy frog
burnt knuckles gurgling hazy applause
mistaken carnal octopus beauty guts holding candle banana zero
whales empty watch compelling volcano warp revenge is graceful afterwards.
sunrise elsewhere
and anything
as at balance
because Between
Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black
but but but but but but but but but but but but but
but can corrupt
dare earlier equal
even if in its later later later later
previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous previous
same seems shorter shorter shorter shorter shorter shorter shorter shorter shorter shorter shorter shorter shorther
so so so so so so
so starts the....
against alligator
awkward beat been before bit blue
breath busted but buttonhole clap cold
creeping crude dancing…
doubt down
dress eyes in faltering feather
fencing freezing glance
glimpse gone
got hair halfway hammered
heart heaves mood indigo
kiss knocks least lightning mamboing
melody mysterious necktie nothing
perplexing Rainbow quake roaring
sky slash