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Compass

The shape of fear?
Mayswell speak of a prototype of desire
or a template of soul.
Fear is a shapeshifter
A blank lizard shadow
A centrifugal impulse
A flight from relat
ion
An escape to a mutant planet
of parallel vibrat
ion
A mill
ion minds try to square the circle
to calculate the area
of compass
ion

Posted byJeff DitemanMay 2, 2020May 2, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:breaks, caesura, epiglottis, fracture, jeff diteman, ruptureLeave a comment on Compass

Three Variations on a Poem by Queneau

Finite humankind has eyes on towers

Everyone is obviously rusted

Iconic confessors ask to dissect

Such hype and howling (more)

Posted byJeff DitemanApril 30, 2020May 1, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Edvard Munch, formal poetry, Oulipo, outranspo, poetry, Queneau, Sappho, translation, wordplayLeave a comment on Three Variations on a Poem by Queneau

Moribund Eternity

Posted byJeff DitemanApril 30, 2020May 6, 2020Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Moribund Eternity

Churning World

Posted byJeff DitemanApril 30, 2020May 1, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:earth poetry, haeckel, nature poetry, parallelismLeave a comment on Churning World

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