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bitingat theanklesof the transgressiveeye-balls

issue 2

august 2009

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Hello and welcomeladies and gents,

to the extremely late (apologies on that one, my bad) issue of

wrm , the periodical for those who like their poetryinteresting.

We have quite the treat for you. We have both visual and linier

poetryfrom America, Canada , Finland, England and Mexico.

This is a feast for the eyes and the brain.

Enjoy!

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Index

Visual poemscreated byNico Vassilakis, using iTouch

Visual poems from 11to13 by Reed Altemus

Ampersand mandala,

magritte forest (2)

Magritte forest 2b

murmur (2)

sheeprevolver K

HAIRS WERE AFAR (a series of linier poems

by Gary Barwin.)

fragment by Richard Barrett

for Kirsten 1-3 by derek beaulieu

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andread

as days become months

mouth to mouth

All by Mara Patricia Hernandez

CollaborationsbetweenGeof HuthandJohn m Bennett:

yak enhanced

The bowel

slonder

Rustle by Matt Dalby.

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Nico Va ssilakis ' new book, PR OTR ACTE D TY PE, a collection of vispo, is coming out soon from Blue Lion Press. Nico l ives in

Seattle where he works for Fantagraphics Books.

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reed altemus:

Reed Altemus's work has appeared in the following magazines since 2002:

Rampike (Canada), Offerta Speciale (Italy), Unarmed(USA), Open World(Serbia), Otoliths

(Australia), Lost & Found Times (USA), Boxon (France), SCORE (USA), Signal(Serbia), Blackbox (USA),

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Moria (USA), Gestalten (USA), Blackbird (USA), Xtant (USA), fhole (Canada),Voce Piena (USA), Generator

(USA), Letter Founder (USA), Communicarte (Brazil), Miniature Forest (USA),Arnyekkotok (Hungary) , Big Ode

(Portugal), Wohnzimmer (Germany). In his spare time he enjoys ice cream and

the Mekons

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Ampersand mandala

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Magritte forest 2

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Magritte forest 2b(2)

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Murmur (2)

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Sheeprevolver k

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HAIRS WERE AFAR

Hairs were Afar

the hairs were afar

then strangers came home

and opened the sky

*

Then a Rat

a conversation which began with

angels licking a vowel

*

There was Enough

to taunt me and my tongue

there was enough

to keep my bones white

*

Love

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if the hair of Love

is man, wise statesman

what are its black teeth?

*

The World is Filled

with marimba music

head for a dog, I say

he says no to the life of an elevator

*

Teeth

without teeth

huzzahs light as flesh

Monday

today my mother

enters the ox

or the wild Soul

where

my tongue and me

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are one

just look at me

*

Id Be

I'd be an ox

fed on an ox

if it werent for the ox

*

Great! He Says

great! he says

there's a small screwed-up eye

looking to reheat

their shuffling fur

*

"Ha, Ha Ha

millions of "ha, ha ha

scuffed brown hands, and Ethel

make up an important part of

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some quiet island

where I may I go soon

the teaching is real

*

After Lunch

a cloud bumps

into the stems of his teeth

with a mallet

I correct the road

*

Giver, And

the orchestra strikes the giver

and he begins

to give men warnings:

keep hungry

he says

think of strength and sewing

you'd leave the veins of God when I did

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*

Xylophones Have Those

xylophones have those shoulders

and really big balls

smash them!

a single emotion makes for

cleanliness

but we wash and fall like stars

in our own underbrush

nuzzle our punch clock rippling minds

Gary Barwin is active as a writer, composer, and performer. His music and writing have been published and presented inCanada, the U.S., Japan, and Europe.

He has written numerous books and chapbooks of poetry and fiction. His writing and visual texts have appeared in over

300 chapbooks, anthologies, and magazines. His work has been commissioned and broadcast by the Canadian

Broadcasting Corporation. Some recent books include Chora Sea (with Gregory Betts; Emergency Response Unit, anus

porcupine eyebrow (Supernova Tadpole Editions),Punctuation Funnies (serif of nottingham). A new poetry collection,

The Porcupinity of the Stars will appear next year from Coach House Books.

Barwin received a PhD in Music Composition from SUNY at Buffalo. Seeing Stars, a YA novel, was a finalist for both

Canadian Library Association YA book of the year, and an Arthur Ellis Award. This year, his chapbook,Inverting the Deer

(serif of nottingham) was a co-winner of the 2009 bpNichol Chapbook Award.

Barwin currently teaches music at Hillfield-Strathallan College. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario with his wife, threechildren, his dog, and a fear of the family car and can be found at serifofnottingham.blogspot.com.

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fragment(for Christine)

1//

spittle glyph alphabetising, decode bench strut imprint in hard rock check against chin drying the,

the hands back, gentle crust crumbling on skin written fallen, moment spoken, inscribed, erased,

why do you horizontal, wooden urgently flail trees Birmingham inter city perspiration circling greying

back black check at three ten to, calving the approach, sting sight missed silent missed, see pent

frustration meet magnetised irresistibly

2//

felt-tipping the air urgently

a driven impulse push

love forward across traffic

wont look, set foot unhesitatingly

autisms children colour the sky

green; like highlighter pen down

the station approach &

eyes transplanted to doorways which

disintegrate my legs

dancing still, upstairs, alcohol

free home-furnishings our love

become settees and couches we are

drinking J20

with trees growing. upside down

3//

the hot centre cause city-wide disturbance

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crisp packets can sound like footsteps

from which architects flinch, keeping clear

the fire-exit dematerialising at touch

we compulsorily purchase Debenhams

knock it right down; lay a warren

of new streets; maps become redundant

a heart as A-Z page torn, blown down

Back Piccadilly; new places are found to stand

chasing it we are thrown up abroad

no, this is imperative; beyond choosing now

I dont recognise Manchester anymore

buildings shift and recombine and

spacecraft hover.

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Bio:

Richard Barrett runs the experimental poetry imprint knives, forks and spoons. His most recent

collection, Pig Fervour, was published by The Arthur Shilling Press. His long sequence, the rushes, is

forthcoming in the Autumn issue of Parameter magazine.

Richard lives in Salford where he is active in the Trades Union movement.

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For Kirsten 1

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For Kirsten 2

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For Kirsten 3

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derek beaulieu is the author (or co-author) or 6 books of poetry and prose. His most recent book is

"Local Colour" (helsinki: ntamo, 2008). He lives in Calgary.

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Andread

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as days becomes months

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mouth to mouth

Mara Patricia Hernandez was born and raised in Guadalajara. She is a visual poet, graphic

designer, photographer, and digital artist who is currently living between 4 white walls in the San

Francisco Bay Area. Her blog can be found at http://vizhewel.blogspot.com/

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rustle

the clothes. rustle. inwaves. limestone cliffs. limestone.pavement. sharp proof of.

identity. nothing. to exercises.fields. wind. doing nothing.hard. trees growth. stunted.iris. scan. electronic tablet.closed. all sides. overlap.in trust. locating. yourselffrom left to right.grass. sandstone. cliffs andcuts. and fear. hadat cold. and windycoast. unprotected. couldn't remember.

own birthday. passwords. thebreath. of others. eyes.pebbles graded. repeat. name.address. i am. not.to your own breath.i grew up. staringto stop. and inspace. the sound. listen.blown. running wall towall. hollows. steep beach.

Born and raised in Yorkshire. Lived Cardiff and Manchester. Currently studying for MA Creative Writing at Bolton University.

Releasing 1 CD-R of sound poetry a month through 2009. Performed at Manchester's The Other Room performance series

in June 09.

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yak enhanced

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The bowel

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Slonder

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im wurm 1

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im wurm 2

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im wurm 3

JukkaJukkaJukkaJukka----Pekka KervinenPekka KervinenPekka KervinenPekka Kervinen lives and writes in Finland. He is mainly interested of computer

processing and manipulation of text and language. He has been published in XTANT, Poethia,

Moria, SHAMPOO, Aught, Word for Word, can we have our ball back, 5_Trope, Generator, Score,

m.a.g, sleeping fish, BathHouse Magazine, Jack, Big Bridge, Blackbox, Dirt, Otoliths, eratio, and

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Textbase, among others.

He is the editor ofepidermis,xStream (http://xstream.xpressed.org), xPress(ed), 'minimum daily

requirements' and eIghT-pAGE pREss. He is also a co-editor of'blue lion books'together with Peter

Ganick.

Jukka works also as composer and mail artist.