Readings in Contemporary Poetry

Joan Retallack


from "The Woman in the Chinese Room"


ultra  horizon  breaking  either/or  
parapet  blank  dark  returns  new  page  tilted  
speaking  blank  strange  northern  apple  
in  stant  pivot  sigh  then  of  (blank)  
toward  13  squares  13  syllables  3  
points  blank  clear  between  bracket  
asked  light  light  20  thin  flips  blank  socket  
ancient  coil’s  pro’s  cunt’s  critique’s  pure  reason’s  
blank  erosore  blanke  paw  thrumb  Hegel  
blank  remedy  beard  agenda  dramb  
fraucht  ergle  gloss  remainder  squat  
in  history’s  twitter  rut  she  blank  
twi-lips  pensive  grim  reminder  mirg  mirror  
blanck  trace  there  pocket  vox  map  
thing  I  ness  inging  hind  able  isible  erved  
protentending  crack  blank  fast  air  cont’d  
quiet  putt  rusted  civet  beast  or breast


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