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
*****
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).
