1.
Cleavage of
pre-linguistic
intuition
harnessed by
bardistry
on task for
‘the environment’
*
People can? or can’t?
choose
a sex
*
Nuclear power (not bombs)
– back on the table –
*
Homo choosiensis
*
You want folks burning wood
coal briquettes
for decades?
*
T e o t i h u a c a n
teeming plazas!
granite serpents!
curling tongues!
*
“Yeah, we were about to meet
hereabouts but
veered off”
*
2030 CE
Whence ‘the selves’
appeared and
puffed out
before us
cycling
*
“No yeah
it’s all about the calves
for me”
*
6, 000 megawatts
*
snach’em up
2.
Crotch Bulge of
extra-linguistic
forensics
tethered to
civics
bangin’ on
‘society’
*
People can’t? or can?
choose
a gender –
*
Nuclear power (not bombs)
– back on the table –
*
Homo choosiensis
*
You want folks torching tires
in every alley
and major highway?
*
C a h o k i a
sprawling mounds!
buried amulets!
birdman blinking!
*
“Yeah, we’re on different paths now
but still
connected”
*
2040 CE
Whence ‘the cultures’
appeared and
puffed out
before us
cycling
*
“No yeah
it’s all about the shoulders
for me”
*
12, 000 megawatts
*
snork’em up
3.
Panty Line
(glandular crease) of
intra-linguistic
spy work
covert poesy
pumping out
‘introjectionism’
*
People can’t? or can?
choose
a sexuality –
*
Nuclear power (not bombs)
– back on the table –
*
Homo choosiensis
*
You want door to door
rolling
black outs?
*
C a l a k m ü l
carved temples!
leaping jaguars!
jade! opal!
*
“Yeah, the city’s a bit batty
but
workable”
*
2050 CE
Whence ‘the ideas’
appeared and
puffed out
before us
cycling
*
“No yeah
it’s all about the hands
for me”
*
18, 000 megawatts
*
shloock’em up
4.
Heaving Belly of
poly-linguistic
gonad grooves
experiment
liberally
gliding towards
‘civilizational’
*
People can? or can’t?
choose
a self –
*
Nuclear power (not bombs)
– back on the table –
*
Homo choosiensis
*
You want skull to skull
extraction of
foresight?
*
C h a c o C a n y o n
crumbling bricks!
circular pits!
shooting stars!
*
“Yeah, the city’s showing signs of life
again
so to speak”
*
2060 CE
Whence ‘the spirits’
appeared and
puffed out
before us
cycling
*
“No yeah
it’s all about the thighs
for me”
*
24, 000 megawatts
*
snarf’em up
Open Pit (Jose Antonio Villarán), Theatrix: Poetry Plays (Terese Svoboda), and Triptychs (Sandra Simonds) are three books of poetry that open the field of what poetics can do in these difficult times. The Difference is Spreading (Fifty Contemporary Poets on Fifty Poems) [edited by Al Filreis and Anna Strong Safford] is a treasure trove of critical approaches to poetic works. The volume cuts against the grain of most workshop-style readings of poems. Highly recommended for teachers determined to extend their students' outlook on the subtle, risky, and rewarding interplay between Word and World. And finally, Poetics and Justice in America, Japan, and Taiwan (Configuring Change and Entitlement) by Dean Anthony Brink. Crazy cool cross-comparative overview of Pacific-facing poetic problematics and challenges for the next 50 years or so.
What's the Problem with American Poetry Right Now? Forum Edited by Edgar Garcia
