Wednesday, April 27, 2016

jim leftwich, visual poems

Monday, April 25, 2016

jim leftwich, poems, from six months aint no sentence, book 162

if
of
off
oft
loft
lot
slot
sot
sort
snort
sport
port
part
art
cart
mart
tart
start
star
tar
tarn
turn
urn
burn
born
horn
thorn
torn
tern
ten
pen
pan
an
and
hand
had
hid
rid
rod
pod
pit
it
if
of
off
oft
aft
raft
rift
sift
soft
loft
lot
clot
plot
pot
spot
spit
pit
it
if
of
oft
soft
sot
so
son
song
sung
sun
spun
pun
pan
pin
in
if





if space
of without
off vertical
oft relations
loft structure
lot contradict
slot understood
sot removal
sort disappeared
snort low
sport horizontal
port link
part broken
art political
cart fragmentarily
mart explicitly
tart historian
start subject
star plurality
tar unvarying
tarn registers
turn informed
urn deviant
burn barbaric
born prose
horn practice
thorn cognate
torn enormity
tern norm
ten questions
pen genre
pan parameters
an etymological
and travelogue
hand explorative
had formal
hid conferred
rid density
rod specific
pod gravity
pit self-referential
it nouns
if solipsism
of defamiliarization
off nature
oft reading
aft obstinately
raft suburbs
rift matrix
sift construe
soft recurrence
loft colonial
lot paragraph
clot ghosts
plot improvised
pot resonance
spot control
spit seemingly
pit positive
it civilized
if expansions
of intimidating
oft public
soft estranged
sot democracy
so semantic
son description
song identified
sung connotations
sun exemplifies
spun visual
pun sentence
pan stability
pin colossal
in concrete
if reinvents





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seriousness oft relations
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romanticism lot contradict
gravity slot understood
turning sot removal
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write snort low
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alarm port link
common part broken
coherence art political
yet cart fragmentarily
century mart explicitly
tense tart historian
slippage start subject
variations star plurality
elsewhere tar unvarying
otherwise tarn registers
virtues turn informed
poach urn deviant
partakes burn barbaric
devoted born prose
discrete horn practice
passion thorn cognate
exercise torn enormity
outset tern norm
perverse ten questions
possess pen genre
process pan parameters
cogent an etymological
drifting and travelogue
synthesis hand explorative
runs had formal
runes hid conferred
ruins rid density
beaches rod specific
eyes pod gravity
anew pit self-referential
inhabits it nouns
insistence if solipsism
nakedness of defamiliarization
orange off nature
forest oft reading
shadowed aft obstinately
lips raft suburbs
edge rift matrix
traversed sift construe
legs soft recurrence
oneiric loft colonial
verdigris lot paragraph
thickets clot ghosts
initial plot improvised
phonetically pot resonance
diversion spot control
nest spit seemingly
clock pit positive
woods it civilized
sea if expansions
flowers of intimidating
slopes oft public
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meadows sot democracy
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self song identified
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since spun visual
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copse pin colossal
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farm if reinvents

Sunday, April 24, 2016

jim leftwich, poems, from Six Months Aint No Sentence, Book 162

series similarly o
phoenic pretty
foaming chance
given aleato
tomato gravy
the what in the
basement
by which ladders
ego performene
silo parameta
real rather tlought

startled by the sea,
as in

words overflow under
workt-seagulls
as clarity, piano
purposes





series similarly openly
phoenic pretty undertow
foaming chance river
given aleato starlings
tomato gravy zeal
the what in the halo
basement ago
by which ladders bite
ego performene pavement
silo parameta the hat
real rather tlought raven

startled by the sea, potato
as in riven azaleas

words overflow under chalice
workt-seagulls foment
as clarity, piano cereal
purposes phonetic





cement similarly openly
feral pretty undertow
cement chance river
feral aleato starlings
cement gravy zeal
feral what in the halo
cement ago
feral which ladders bite
cement performene pavement
feral parameta the hat
cement rather tlought raven

feral by the sea, potato
cement in riven azaleas

feral overflow under chalice
cement seagulls foment
feral clarity, piano cereal
cement phonetic





bite similarly openly
ladders pretty undertow
bite chance river
letters aleato starlings
bite gravy zeal
lattice what in the halo
bite ago
ladders which ladders bite
bite performene pavement
letters parameta the hat
bite rather tlought raven

lattice by the sea, potato
bite in riven azaleas

ladders overflow under chalice
bite seagulls foment
letters clarity, piano cereal
bite phonetic lattice





series similarly openly halo
phoenic pretty undertow zeal
foaming chance river zeal
given aleato starlings halo
tomato gravy zeal bite
the what in the halo hat
basement ago hat
by which ladders bite bite
ego performene pavement halo
silo parameta the hat zeal
real rather tlought raven bite

startled by the sea, potato hat
as in riven azaleas hat

words overflow under chalice bite
workt-seagulls foment zeal
as clarity, piano cereal halo
purposes phonetic bite





series the what similarly openly
phoenic the what pretty undertow
foaming the what chance river
given the what aleato starlings
tomato the what gravy zeal
the the what what in the halo
basement the what ago
by the what which ladders bite
ego the what performene pavement
silo the what parameta the hat
real the what rather tlought raven

startled the what by the sea, potato
as the what in riven azaleas

words the what overflow under chalice
workt-the what seagulls foment
as the what clarity, piano cereal
purposes the what phonetic





ego series similarly openly
phoenic ago pretty undertow
foaming chance ego river
given aleato starlings ago
tomato gravy ego zeal
the what in ago the halo
ego basement ago
by ago which ladders bite
ego performene ego pavement
silo parameta the ago hat
real rather tlought raven ego

startled by the sea, ago potato
as in ego riven azaleas

words ago overflow under chalice
ego workt-seagulls foment
as ago clarity, piano cereal

purposes phonetic ego