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“There is no other poet who writes like Torres. Elaborate, chanting, pointed, and granite in their ‘octaves of shine,’ his poems have it all. They are a real and gritty pleasure to read, a necessary tonic to these toxic times.” ―John Yau
What does a book want to be in anyone’s hands but an infinite word object? XoeteoX is a dare into perception, traversing territories of language, sound, and the visual page. At the intersection of identity, performance, and typography, these poems compel reader and word into being, presenting a pact towards understanding and the mutual beyond.
between you and me
a skin of cognition ― a container holding us together ― connecting us
your skin is incredibly porous
your existence ― unfolding within it
a journey leading back to its creation ―
a right now ― in the making that forms the beginning
of what you end ― right now
Edwin Torres is the author of eight books of poetry, including Ameriscopia (University of Arizona Press), Yes Thing No Thing (Roof Books), The PoPedology Of An Ambient Language (Atelos Books), and editor of the forthcoming anthology, Out Of Each Other: An Anthology Of The Body In Language (Counterpath Press). He has performed worldwide and taught his process-oriented workshop, “Brainlingo: Writing The Voice Of The Body,” across the nation.
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Edwin Torres is the author of eight books of poetry, including, Ameriscopia (University of Arizona Press), Yes Thing No Thing (Roof Books), The PoPedology Of An Ambient Language (Atelos Books), and editor of the forthcoming anthology, Out Of Each Other: An Anthology Of The Body In Language (Counterpath Press). He has performed worldwide and taught his process-oriented workshop, "Brainlingo: Writing The Voice Of The Body," across the nation. Anthologies include: What is Poetry? (Just Kidding, I Know You Know): Interviews from the Poetry Project Newsletter (1983–2009), American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics Vol. 2, Angels of the Americlypse: New Latin@ Writing, Post-Modern American Poetry Vol. 2, and Aloud: Voices From The Nuyorican Poets Café.
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A OTRO
imorta . . . sabilit'eacute;
imorta . . . sabilimont
imorta . . . stámenémen
amenté . . .
amenté
aa orta
be otra
se otra
demonstro . . . stromonstro
eorca
fesolca
giganta
hesolp . . . hesolp . . . hesolpé mia
i orta
jazzaba sé be sé ba
kamonkro vi yabesa voltro me
lavisi livi lepe lomo
montrame moc mé como manqué ama mañana
nama nombre
o yorta osotra
pon ponto tworq ya
qua un qua un qui quaun ama
rasume namu
stressor sorro
tortorro rotoro
uorta
vevi vavo sortra
wwwwwwwwwwo xoxtra
xa men xa men xa melle sui amenté
ya yovorta
za mol tré
zzzzzzzza zol zzzzzzz
|THE COLLAGIST AT THE EDGE
— the collected word object
— the collaged epic
— the realigned alpha-glyph
— the extracted real
— the glue brain
— the knowing of someone — anyone —
— near you
why would I give you my thinking in bits
— so much space
between thought/s
— separations
between words, people,
objects — between — objects
the between object
is every object, every edge
is the one that decides — how to read
the one between
all that control
forming combination of all those edges
all that presentation
— how do I want you to follow me, where will you go
if you don’t — should I worry
what will happen to me
if my connections
misfire — my carefully crafted collage
filtered
— into language
the rough of my edges
smoothed down — by my hand
with your ears
just out of reach, between landing
and flight
define the poet — as the one who loses themself — to the poem
gain the poem — by finding yourself — in the poet
the poet becoming the poem — is the human cycle — brought to language
a journey, made familiar
by these sheets of grey and black markings
on white noise — right here
in my hands
an act of understanding — a contract
between you and me
a skin of cognition — a container
holding us together — connecting us
your skin is incredibly porous
your existence — unfolding within it
a journey leading back
to its creation —
a right now — in the making
that forms the beginning
of what you end — right now
which began
way before you arrived — right here —
why do I need you to get me
is the reason I need you to get me —
to connect
and all your points of connection
infinite and permeable
are where we start
— the collected word object
— the glue brain
— the cut heart
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- PublisherWave Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1940696739
- ISBN 13 9781940696737
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages104
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