Volume 7 Issue 4

Kindling/ Modigliani, Schiele

Kindling/ Modigliani, Schiele

One day even glittery vagabond princes fade into sepia. Images stay: elegant long-necked canvas men keep burning. Charcoal women, naked except for their stockings, remain as vital as ever. And stories stay warm in our mouths: Schiele’s drawing ignited by an outraged judge over a candle flame; Modigliani born under a pile of silver and damask because by law, no… Read more →

Impasto/ Pissaro, Duchamp

Impasto/ Pissaro, Duchamp

    Take a walk in the hill’s beard of seeding grasses. Insects rise up with an electric buzz like the cry of an apartment call-button. I am not at home in this body. Further down, near the lake, bullfrogs twang their low strings. Raise my foot over an inch of warm water and tadpoles dash around so frantically I’m… Read more →

Poem As Fountain/ Nauman, Duchamp

Poem As Fountain/ Nauman, Duchamp

    If every poet on earth stopped writing right now, forever, what would be lost? Bubbles fall through the water, each containing a choice. This is a test of your artistic commitment. Once they were a long cold drink. Now fountains are ornamental. Who needs this monument? Perhaps lovers, concealing themselves behind white noise in fragrant jardins d’amour. Travelers… Read more →