Bill Allegrezza (Chicago, USA): Five Poems
AN EVENT
i
above
me
though a beginning
a way through
still we corner direction
with beacons thrown
into night
a goal or a sight
we could wait for an event
with fingers shifting among the goods on a table
but i prefer the multiple act—
the digressive broken word changing in space.
XVI.
four parts falling
that was how i came to see it
what’s happened is
the spirits take hold
and then thrust us out into
the brilliance of a day on its end
as though only thought
can remake the system in
clean lines in frequent
violent reverberations of sound
that remind us of battles over
of hinges raised for a moment
in the sun.
NOMINAL PHRASES
you are a consumer default
death is a plastic bag
wheels are minor gods
leaden eyelids turn golden
serious bulls work
carpets are harsh lovers.
LEVEL
“i assume that gravity is caused by attraction. i am attracted to you; thus, i am compelled to speed into you”
HutSROUndeDALIgNedorNeveRLOSt
an image collides with this space of comprehension.
as we speak i am wiggling into your brain.
utter chaos abounds
so that father time
old kronos himself
begins to chuckle.
“this compulsion is not directional, but directed.”
RISeNEarLYANDBEgiNningToPlaYATBeIngVisionArY
the speed of spaces is changing even though
at a million miles a day we can still be heard.
A SWITCH
the beam flashes and is
gone
his dream crumbles with bickering groups gathered
"she stops before babylon and goes invisible."
i gage my strength
against rock
as wind playing
lone sounds
idle but understanding
immensity is overcoming
light drives but allows
"i am years for you just now."
© Bill Allegrezza 2007
William Allegrezza teaches and writes from his base in Chicago. His poems, articles, and reviews have been published in several countries, including the U.S., Holland, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Australia, and are available in many online journals. Also, he is the editor of moria (http://www.moriapoetry.com), a journal dedicated to experimental poetry and poetics, and the editor-in-chief of Cracked Slab Books (http://crackedslabbooks.com). His e-books, chapbooks, and books include In the Weaver’s Valley, The Vicious Bunny Translations, Ishmael Among the Bushes, Covering Over, Temporal Nomads, Lingo, and Ladders in July.
i
above
me
though a beginning
a way through
still we corner direction
with beacons thrown
into night
a goal or a sight
we could wait for an event
with fingers shifting among the goods on a table
but i prefer the multiple act—
the digressive broken word changing in space.
XVI.
four parts falling
that was how i came to see it
what’s happened is
the spirits take hold
and then thrust us out into
the brilliance of a day on its end
as though only thought
can remake the system in
clean lines in frequent
violent reverberations of sound
that remind us of battles over
of hinges raised for a moment
in the sun.
NOMINAL PHRASES
you are a consumer default
death is a plastic bag
wheels are minor gods
leaden eyelids turn golden
serious bulls work
carpets are harsh lovers.
LEVEL
“i assume that gravity is caused by attraction. i am attracted to you; thus, i am compelled to speed into you”
HutSROUndeDALIgNedorNeveRLOSt
an image collides with this space of comprehension.
as we speak i am wiggling into your brain.
utter chaos abounds
so that father time
old kronos himself
begins to chuckle.
“this compulsion is not directional, but directed.”
RISeNEarLYANDBEgiNningToPlaYATBeIngVisionArY
the speed of spaces is changing even though
at a million miles a day we can still be heard.
A SWITCH
the beam flashes and is
gone
his dream crumbles with bickering groups gathered
"she stops before babylon and goes invisible."
i gage my strength
against rock
as wind playing
lone sounds
idle but understanding
immensity is overcoming
light drives but allows
"i am years for you just now."
© Bill Allegrezza 2007
William Allegrezza teaches and writes from his base in Chicago. His poems, articles, and reviews have been published in several countries, including the U.S., Holland, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Australia, and are available in many online journals. Also, he is the editor of moria (http://www.moriapoetry.com), a journal dedicated to experimental poetry and poetics, and the editor-in-chief of Cracked Slab Books (http://crackedslabbooks.com). His e-books, chapbooks, and books include In the Weaver’s Valley, The Vicious Bunny Translations, Ishmael Among the Bushes, Covering Over, Temporal Nomads, Lingo, and Ladders in July.
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