Cleave poem submission: tea and sympathy by Dennis Kelly

___________tea and-sympathy

“the pictorial technique

of inserting a painting

within a painting

corresponds, in the world

of literature, to the

interpolation of a fiction

within another fiction”

—Jorge Luis Borges,

“When Fiction Lives in Fiction,”

Selected Nonfictions

________two poems-then three

_____living together-a family of one

_____endless stories-a house of mirrors

a whitman’s sampler-of little goodies

____little zen-jumps-bonjour gide genet borges

______zen + langpo=langcleave

mise en abîme detours–tres scheherazadesque

___z=e=n cleavages-to entertain guests

________sipping tea–with sympathy

Cleave poem submissions: Dennis Kelly’s thoughts on Cleave poetics

Here are some of Dennis Kelly’s thoughts on Cleave poetry.

Any more thoughts?

_____cleave/manifesto

______—for Phuoc-Tan Diep

__________________thinking-differently

____________trying it once-trying it again

blasting the poetic public-with our new cleavages

_______cleaving that place-in their brains

they didn’t know existed!-where angels fear to tread!

____uncleaving ourselves-poetically speaking

_starting something new-not knowing where it’s going

_____trying all the doors-to find openings
________that cleave form-pushing our brains

___________paratactically-aesthetically

_____________cleave me!!!-cleave me!!!

_____LangClo Cleavage

___—for Phuoc-Tan Diep

_______Please-don’t listen to me

I’m just trying-to charm you

____the world-out of you

____ out on you–into me

_______synergy-fusion

_co-operation-dialectics

____marriage-interdependence

___teamwork-The Trinity

____________diamond cleavage

____cleaving is like = making love
lying on your back = with her on top
_doing all the work = cleaving you
______perfectly still = like a diamond
____the cleave/gem = a diamond haiku

____________________technique

_each cleave is different—just like making love.
____each time is unique—and erotically intense.
_______each cleave-gem—cleaves the brain perfectly.
each time is right brain—left brain cleave.
_right down the middle—splits you in half.
__each diamond cleave—is yours to keep.
____it doesn’t last long—but it’s deep.

Cleave poems: © 2008 Dennis Kelly