Ron Silliman writes about Sunday Morning Anthology, a chapbook-size collection of works by nine Somerville Mass. poets. He writes "The only thing I see at all problematic about this anthology is that I don’t think it will be seen/read by nearly enough people." Here's an excerpt he includes written by Tim Peterson:
Lawn chairs yawn mouth awning
hair on neck in prayer hands
bandaged ample breast pairs in flown
deck bench stepping stone declension
tensed on step in step represent shipwreck
calling parts dungarees under hands
knees face side of a skin rib filial
injury dingy basement implement tool
swinger pen penis to write and under plans
wrinkled table in full bloom hardy
or wry mouth damaged lock shorn then
There's a reason why regular folks don't buy poetry anymore. It's called incomprehension.
*line-spacing change to excerpt per Ron's request (see comments.)
**italics removed from excerpt per Tim's request (see comments.)
THERE AND GONE ….
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