Posts tagged Poetry

“In the Morning” and “The Murderer’s Hair”

in Poetry Shadow Play and Light Work on February 23, 2023 February 21, 2023

translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry In the Morning Infidels measure their prey by the length of an oar. In every sea there’s some angel in a sunken bell. One day the Pacific Ocean will vanish. We’re making…

The Holy Ghost in Urania’s Semi-Private Hospital Room

for Tchiya Amet To ascertain what measures the offender usedthat allowed him to evade detection and apprehension,we have assembled a research team. Please remove all your clothing,including undergarments,and place them in this bag. ((lightis directional))…

Nocturne

in Poetry Shadow Play and Light Work on February 9, 2023 January 30, 2023

Already dusk, the geese, half wild, fade from the lawn. We sit near silence, our feet soaked. Heat hangs onto the night like fever sweat in a blanket, and stars take place in the waning…

Mond,

in Poetry Shadow Play and Light Work on February 2, 2023 January 28, 2023

like Mund, or mouth. Something that widens and glows. Sometimes you see me like a planetary affliction. Body that pulls. But then you remember I am just as meat…

“Galaxies” and “Notes on Art and the Implications of Executions”

in Poetry on January 28, 2023 January 8, 2023

Galaxies In art history I learned ghosts sneeze when they hover near paintings The ectoplasmon their skin turns green People tend to hoard seashells from abandoned beaches after spending an afternoon with me We sit…