Friday, February 9, 2018

PHANEAGRAMS by JAKE BERRY

JIM LEFTWICH Engages


Phaneagrams by Jake Berry
(Luna Bisonte Prods, 2017)

looking with the ears, hearing with the eyes.

some sightings and soundings of the vowel-and-consonant glue in Jake Berry's Phaneagrams



p. 5

wrEN
phENo
mENa





p. 18

windOw
mOtion

gathERed
sERpent

gAthered
And
releASed
morASs
tAke





p. 23

cOLony
wOLflight

wENt
glANd

mAd
glAnd

thE Colony
spECtral





p. 24

brINg
sINai
gIN

7s [sevENs]
10s [tENs]

10s [tENs]
gIN





p. 34

adrENaline
adrenalINe
fIN
wINg
wINd





p.35

callOUs
slOUgh
miraculOUs

calLOUS
miracuLOUS

caLLous
whEEls





p. 38

malevOLence
OLd
morphOLogy

grEEn
caRRies
abySS

malevolENce
greEN
mANy
childrEN
INto
shINe
IN
caIN





p. 49

EAter
chEAp
mEAt

acroSS
hiLLs
seLLing
cuTTing

chASed
eATer
ACross
cheAP
meAT





p. 50

dOwn
belOw

whErE
nEst
mEEts
ElEctricity

electrIcIty

mEEts
seLLs

thE
undErtakEr
sElls

prIce
chIld





p. 52

hologrAM
trANsparENcy

IN
kitchEN
crowINg

ANd
AN
basEMent
basemENt

plANted





p. 59

sheLL
emptineSS
blEEds

empTIness
BIvalve
speCImen
beGIns





p. 63

shiMMering
paraLLel
kiSS
carefuLLy
betwEEn

shimmerINg
IN
plANted
betweEN
ANd
chickENwire





p. 64

eVEry
silVEr
riVEr
hiVE





p. 67

imPOster
POwerless
POison

pOWerless
knOW

HE
wHEn

IS
exegesIS
poISon





p. 68

dOOr
blEEding
rOOm
goSSip

etERnity
huntER

doOR
clOSed
roOM
gOSsip





p. 74

kerosENe
bENeath

gartER
befoRE

wORe
RObbery

gartER
robbERy

wORE
befORE

roBBery
dOOr
emptineSS

benATH
grandfATHer's

benEAth
repEAted

BEneath
BEgan





p. 76

waLL
eGGs
maTTer
caRRy

RIp
fIRe
RIse

thEy
rEd
makE
firE
Eggs
risE
mattEr
lEt
thEm




04.14.2017


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Jim Leftwich is a poet who lives in Roanoke, Virginia. Recent publications include  Volumes 1 , 2  &  3  of  Rascible & Kempt (Luna Bisonte 2016, 2017, edited by John M. and C. Mehrl Bennett), Tres tresss trisss trieesss tril trilssss: Transmutations of César Vallejo (Luna Bisonte, 2018) and Sound Rituals, collaborative poems by jim leftwich & billy bob beamer (mOnocle-Lash, 2018, edited by Olchar Lindsann).