Monday, August 12, 2013

new from above/ground press: Seedpod, Microfiche, by Gary Barwin



Seedpod, Microfiche
Gary Barwin
$4
a grass blade, a truck
a small son
a constellation

evolution is an oblong song
the fishes whisper

seedpod, microfiche of twilight
a dewdrop observed, a cobweb
a weed-wrapped tongue or treetop

bulrush, an art song
consciousness
a fossil 8-track of the city

there is, my love,
a stethoscope whose end
is nowhere
whose earpieces
are everywhere
published in Ottawa by above/ground press
August 2013
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

Gary Barwin
is a writer, composer, multimedia artist, and the author of 15 books of poetry and fiction. His books include Franzlations (with Craig Conley and Hugh Thomas; New Star), The Obvious Flap (with Gregory Betts; BookThug), The Porcupinity of the Stars (Coach House). He is winner of the 2013 City of Hamilton Arts Award (Writing), the Hamilton Poetry Book of the Year 2011, and co-winner of 2011 Harbourfront Poetry NOW competition, the 2010 bpNichol chapbook award, and the KM Hunter Artist Award. Barwin’s work has been published and performed in Canada and internationally. He received a PhD in music composition from SUNY at Buffalo. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario. garybarwin.com

Seedpod, Microfiche is Barwin’s second above/ground press item after “SYNONYMS FOR FISH,” STANZAS #26 (March, 2001).

Gary Barwin will be launching Seedpod, Microfiche in Ottawa as part of the above/ground press 20th anniversary reading/launch/party on August 23, 2013.


To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; outside Canada, add $2) to: rob mclennan, 402 McLeod St #3, Ottawa ON K2P 1A6 or paypal at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com

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