Another, 1

March 03, 2007 05:47 PM EST (Updated: March 04, 2007 11:05 AM EST)

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Still Newborn

eratio postmodern poetry edition

I sit between two fragments of me —
an accused, apologetic laughter, spent by details of landscape.e

I chew my fingers all morning before writing.r
In the war of Solitude, it is necessary to cinch every honor.a

And so, I seat myself between two possibilities —
a vision of before and after.t

This laughter, these contingencies, imbibe and conspirei
to murder this black sun.

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Will Evans Mar 3, 2007, 5:51pm EST

This is writing for me... discuss...

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John F Walter Mar 3, 2007, 7:19pm EST

Harry Crosby would've died and gone to heaven before his violent death "in the black sun" if he could've written this splitting of a self with such a langurous, deadly rhythm. He would've laid claim to your soul as doppelganger, Will, as you have his.
Sent a major frisson through my spine, your sinuous phrasings where the bifurcation moment nears.
Wicked, truthful, decadent, sad, real.

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Cheryl W. Mar 3, 2007, 8:04pm EST

Wow,Will...I understand and I can very much relate to this one.....

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Laurie White Mar 4, 2007, 10:49am EST

An interesting place isn't it? Between the before and after... it's times like this that I wish time would stop, if even for just a minute.

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Edward Nudelman Mar 9, 2007, 5:11pm EST

John, funny you should mention Crosby (Black Sun Press) as this came to mind also. Will, I like this very much. When you so effortlessly turn out two pages of amazing prose, it makes one really stop and take notice when you write a terse little poem, and the one here really sings with the inner and outer skin of the peach, the smooth soft fruit of possibility, and the rough exterior that gives us gooseflesh to think that we can ever really produce anything worthwhile (this is the black sun). Really great, Will. More please!

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