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Archive for August, 2013
[Idle elevators of grain…]
Idle elevators of grain. Plenty of parking. Deciduous trees
of the genus Ulmus, known for their arching branches and serrate leaves
with asymmetrical bases, Gunplay in our houses of steak,
houses of pancakes. Dried valerian rhizomes. Bunk weed. Osage.
Deliberately elliptical poetic works reflect a fear of political commitment after
1968.]
A fear of deliberately elliptical poetic works reflects…
Home considered as a System of substitutions: “Plenty of parking.
Deciduous elevators of the genus Gunplay,
known for their arching bases and serrate pancakes
with asymmetrical rhizomes.” The activation of the white space of the page
reflects a fear of the industrialization of print media.
To fear the activation of the white space of the page
is to fear poetry.
Idle elliptical commitment. Deciduous repetition. Plenty of parking.
© Ben Lerner
From: The Lichtberg Figures
Copper Canyon Press 2004
Audio production: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin 2011
lyrikline [Autoren Details].
discovered at Interferenzen
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Ligurian Sea. Showing distinctive asymmetric coloration: photo by Tim Stenton, 8 July 2006
The pines
sitting in the pines themselves.
The whole world
enthroned upon itself.
And so the man prays
to be filled so.
Not out of greed,
rather of a desire to be
one
and only One.
And only then
as these branches,
these stones,
this soil –
let the wind howl
and spark
how she may.
8.25.13
Scarecrow
The following is a transcript of the statement made by Pfc. Bradley Manning as read by David Coombs at a press conference on Wednesday after Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Statement by Bradley Manning: On Being Sentenced / <Portside