Monday, January 12, 2026

new from above/ground press: Inventions, by Robert van Vliet

inventions
Robert van Vliet
$6


Sometimes we expect a window, and find a mirror. Is that supposed to be the pond? And where’s the maple? Equally bewildering is when we expect a mirror but are looking out a window. What a leafy face I have.

                                                dark music
                                          scrawled on wood
published in Ottawa by above/ground press
January 2026
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

Robert van Vliet
grew up in the Twin Cities and spent many years living in lots of other places. He has been, among other things, a process manager, a singer/songwriter, a repair technician for Macintosh computers, and a typographer. He is currently a high school English teacher. His poetry has appeared in The Sixth Chamber Review, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Guesthouse, Otoliths, and elsewhere. He has a website at robertvanvliet.com and a blog at letterspace.org. His first book of poetry, Vessels, was published by Unsolicited Press in 2024. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with his wife, Ana.

This is van Vliet’s second above/ground press chapbook, after This Folded Path (2023).

To order, send cheques (add $2 for postage; in US, add $3; outside North America, add $7) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com

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