Andrea Barton, cleave poem, submission
In submission on October 18, 2008 at 8:02 am
Here is another ground-breaking cleave from Andrea Barton, 3 poems fusing into one:
bold (right), italics (middle), normal (left) and then the whole cleave.
My Human Brain by Andrea Barton
May I direct your attention –here– follow me
this way please –I am– here to the right
on your left –in– this section
you will notice –all– ready for paint are
the columns formed by –the– blank canvasses
logically situated battalions –quivering– in anticipation
of warriors at the –conjunction– of thought and feeling
ready for the battle –of– reason vs. intuition
there is no room for –love– in our struggle for
identity today, only sequence –and– expression caught in the fray
and contrapuntal equilibrium of –algebra– or in the poetry of a lush epic.
rational thought –and– be careful here
on your left –childbirth– the absolute beginning
art in its purest form –and– the creation of life
a mere moment we are only without –fault- exquisite and blameless.
cleave poem, Dennis Kelly, diastic poem, experimental poetry, Jackson Mac Low, Mac Low
In submission on September 11, 2008 at 4:45 am
Welcome to our first post-call poet with this Cleave:
_______________darkness – darkness
______Once upon a time – a long time ago
________way back when – the storytellers said
___darkness once ruled – the land speaking
_____through Storytime - through tongues
_________through sleek – wordhunters with their
___stealthy memorized - wordhordes of
Anglo-Saxon darkness - darkness…
Cleave poem: © 2008 Dennis Kelly
Dennis Kelly has been working with Jackson Mac Low recently and his so-called “diastic” poems (seed text + source text) described in his “Thing of Beauty” selected work (Berkeley, 2008), e.g. “Quatorzains from & for Emily Dicinson,” p. 175.
For example, here’s I did for Mac Low–
“Quatorzains from & for Jackson Mac Low”
Dennis Kelly has 2 books out from SF. 4 anthologies including a Penguin…
