Poetry from Nathan Anderson

Circular [movement] over [juxtaposing]

        
        L
        L
        A
LLAC
        CALL
                L
                A
                C

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


lifted
from
nothing
to
find
in
nothing

////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////

                                                      yet...
...

                          the
                                hair
                        catches
                                in
                         the
                                    monument


yet...
yet...
yet?????????


                         
                                YES
                                YES
                                YES

'...............................................'

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Language {as the} lotus {pulse}


ah
a
ah
a
..............................................
...................a
...................................ah
..........a
............................ah


□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□
□                   □
□                   □
□       sound                   □
□                   □
□                   □
□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□


now without reform the corner
turns and bleaches into noting
not spoken or stolen but ringing
and ringing and ringing and...


ETC.
ETC.
E  C.
  TC.
E    .


and now I'll take the tune and 
smother the ring into the bound
hand and the corner that has
come unstuck and coloured
white and blue and gold and...


a     n     d               
s     o                      
s     a     i     d         
a     g     a     i     n  


                                             BREATH
AND                                   LET
                        GO                
Lost without Translucence 

ba
ba
ba
ba


!

                                       only
                                       lonely
                                       this


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      ==■
   ==●


SHUTTERED WITHOUT WARNING



...................................................
'I told you to watch the weather'
...................................................



                            a
                    WARNING
                           to
                     THROATS



in any case I am estranged



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pause
pulse
ba
ba
a 
Progression [into] hyper-modern



                             as

S           T              A               I            N


//strip mined//for mercury//


              ABSTAINED


                             //from the//dense step//


half===============this
half===============this
                     ++
                     ++
..............................................



walking
backwards
talking
eastwards



                                {{shaped
                    like an}}
                             {{elephant
                      TUSK!}}





 
Re(turned) to form as (catalyst)

re
re
re                           ----member
                                               e
                                               m
                                               e
                                               b
                                               e
                                               r


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▲▲
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                                    and fit to size


the
bicycle
and                                             G         
                                                   O
                                                   D

                         
                            sit
                           the
                                     same



where                  is                 your

                       
                        LOTUS


                         NOW



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Nathan Anderson is a poet and artist from Mongarlowe, Australia. He is the author of numerous books and has had work appear widely both online and in print. He is a member of the C22 experimental writing collective. You can find him at nathanandersonwriting.home.blog or on Twitter/X and Bluesky @NJApoetry.