Poems
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A Soft Grim Ace
By Jennifer Compton, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsThis is an incontinent sonnet of independent means
and we all have dreams or do dreams have us?
Footnote: this poem was created using the Dreams or Memories constraint as the starting point.
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Welcome to the Memory Cabin
By Misbah Wolf, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsI don’t want there to be any more buildings
that separate us from each other
Footnote: this poem was created using the Listening or Viewing Party constraint as the starting point.
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where memory stops
By Sandra Selig, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lipshow ruffled you seem
you’ve taken all the poetry out of it, haven’t you?
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An historical notation that you've known better (up-down and I)
By Andrew McLellan, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lipsif there was a beginning then this beginning was a moment
press your palms together and feel the heat it generates
how each event is misshapen
acupuncturists used to use fishbones and saprophyte -
open platforms closed secrets (homage to Miao Ying)
By Klare Lanson, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsBlockage and initial contemplations are fixated here
The animated gifs shake true // privileging silence over sound
Contradictions between desire for globalisation
whilst maintaining control feels so very thick with obscurity -
The day of its death was not a dark cold day
By Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lips, Tishani DoshiWe misplaced the December birthstone
somewhere in November
or during this new season that has no name
striking blue from sky -
Brave Men Run in My Family
By Bella Li, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsI drank too much last night
THIS IMAGE IS AN ESTABLISHING SHOT. IN THE CENTRE IS A SUBURBAN POOL, ROYAL BLUE, SURROUNDED BY CUPIDS AND CLAW-FOOTED POTS. THESE WILL BE THE MAIN THEMES OF DESIRE AND FOLIAGE. WE TRACK THROUGH A SCREEN OF TREES: NED ENTERS LEFT, BAREFOOT, AND DIVES INTO CLEAR WATER; A HAND AND A GLASS OF GIN APPEARS (A SECONDARY THEME… -
Internet performance of LAN Love Poem.gif
By Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lips, Klare LansonA FLASH FLICKERS ACROSS THE SCREEN
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my words in my head are jumbled
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SEVEN-YEAR SEASON
By Jeet Thayil, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsI whisper your name and the day turns warm.
A third-quarter moon holds the father of Jupiter
in place, farther than ever, slower and meaner
through space, disappearing, simmering. -
CHOOSE ME A BROTHER
By Liliane Lijn, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lipschaos disturbed everything to ashes chemical animal hides
in your heart metal body code delete memory departed earth
Footnote: this poem was created using the Found Texts constraint as the starting point.
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irreconcilable ambiguity (after John Stezaker)
By Nathan Shepherdson, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lipsi never sleep in autumn.
22nd century workers complete their monument to loneliness.
only one of the apostles wore pearls.
my eyes can breathe. -
The Shrine of Beauty
By Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lips, Timmah BallFootnote: this poem was created using the Found Text constraint as the starting point.
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April Fool's Day
By Angie Hart, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsTurn off the smart lights, let the shadows chase street credit
trace the tape around my shape just a silhouette
of this crime, a brave new world of connected things
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iron filings (after Liliane Lijn’s Solar Cutting)
By Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lips, Liliane Lijnclouds reflect -18% light untrained
relationships shift -21% oil unanswered
radiowaves shrink -17% light uncontrollable
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Nothing’s half hours les demi-heures de Rien
By Pam Brown, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsBut time is not a fish,
waiting to be caught.
~ Miranda Mellis
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Poem For a Stranger in a Time of War
By Tishani Doshi, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsWe left the city and found at the gates
a prescription with your name on it.
We took the metro to the beach
and on the shore, we saw -
Chance of a small royalty
By Emily XYZ, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lipsevery time the sirens howl in unison
the rescue dogs next door howl in unison
predicting who will be next howl in unison
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Coridite is kept hidden in their minds
By Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsI’m going to go with this one here
the natural selection, placing smoke on a fork
is there a choice, or just oil on a rag?
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HEX-BENDING
By Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lips, Jeet ThayilWe are the looking, the heat and the voyage.
~ Etel Adnan
Get it to smoking but never to burning -
Canned laughter
By Mary-Jane Duffy, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted LipsInterviewer: Welcome to the show. Judy, ah, I couldn’t help but notice that you are a very attractive young woman. What do you do for a living? Let me ask you something, [here comes the zinger] do you think I’m attractive?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]