The Spectacle (Plunderverse Poem #3)

The Spectacle

it comes back to the

icons of my personal history

the bizarreness of growing up,

my desire to collect,

this obsessive accumulation of information

Stages

archives for the show

I took the photograph of the original,

fascinated by familiar

Edifice

half snowing, half raining

so precarious that they would seem to be falling

Edges of Resistance (Plunderverse Poem #2)

Here's the full spread:

Edges of Resistance

voices are lyric,

strident, warlike

operatic and celebratory

horizontal panels,

collaged typewriter text

missile-like tongues

then a change

horrendous, almost unspeakable,

but different

I decided to make Woman the protagonist

presented in profile

she carries under her arm

a giant

Replying, she expressed her discomfort

at being the subject of a photograph

"I am my work ... the piece is more myself 

than the person,"

an act of revolt

angry, defiant, silenced

the ideal voice for having uttered 

the most extreme expressions of alienation

Light's Shadow (Plunderverse Poem #1)

Fun with plunderverse poetry (aka blackout poetry). I'm working on a zine edition full of plunderverse, so stay tuned!

I have this image

of Nature

really small

a seaside theme

born again

it didn't matter

It was more like

projects that were advancing me

unknown again

discovery within

start all over

in a way 

of assemblage aesthetic