J. D. Nelson
a blared gestalt
I gargle
w pennies
been
done
               wrong
not now
(a face)
this is my nook, Ruth!
my fingers smell like metal
a pocket of wolf—
that old saying
speaking backwards
meelnorp slava wooob
every word is dirt
every word                     dirty
intercorrugated
and rectangularish
this is a bounce from space
myriad fangs useless
weapon two
of me in the center
a new impossibility
it’s the warton
of the colonel
in half
ever earthward
silver becomes the channel of the snake
                              sssssssssssss
                              sssssssssssss
                              sssssssssssss
menthol one pesky
moon with fork
spaghetti knievel
watching myself on a screen
orion not
to-night
note to self:
               rock in potato fur
to memorize the sea
J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) experiments with words and sound in his subterranean laboratory. More than 1,000 of his bizarre poems and experimental texts have appeared in many small press and underground publications. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Cinderella City (The Red Ceilings Press, 2012), Piso Mojado (Argotist Ebooks, 2012), and When the Sea Dies (NAP, 2011). Visit MadVerse.com for more information and links to his published work. His audio experiments (recorded under the name Owl Brain Atlas) are online at OWLNoise.com. Nelson lives in Colorado, USA.
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a blared gestalt
I gargle
w pennies
been
done
               wrong
not now
(a face)
this is my nook, Ruth!
my fingers smell like metal
a pocket of wolf—
that old saying
speaking backwards
meelnorp slava wooob
every word is dirt
every word                     dirty
intercorrugated
and rectangularish
this is a bounce from space
myriad fangs useless
weapon two
of me in the center
a new impossibility
it’s the warton
of the colonel
in half
ever earthward
silver becomes the channel of the snake
                              sssssssssssss
                              sssssssssssss
                              sssssssssssss
menthol one pesky
moon with fork
spaghetti knievel
watching myself on a screen
orion not
to-night
note to self:
               rock in potato fur
to memorize the sea
J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) experiments with words and sound in his subterranean laboratory. More than 1,000 of his bizarre poems and experimental texts have appeared in many small press and underground publications. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Cinderella City (The Red Ceilings Press, 2012), Piso Mojado (Argotist Ebooks, 2012), and When the Sea Dies (NAP, 2011). Visit MadVerse.com for more information and links to his published work. His audio experiments (recorded under the name Owl Brain Atlas) are online at OWLNoise.com. Nelson lives in Colorado, USA.