Created using a number of online text, including “Elements of Arithmetic” 1830 by Augustus De Morgan – source Project Gutenberg.
A Collage Poem about Collages & other Things
Fictive image replaced the staged image,
But the eyes don’t want it.
Same time, except for writing,
and time,
and generally,
decision time,
configuration time,
mostly
time.
Reality as it was known and accepted –
wild eyes,
when it snows,
references sometimes,
abstract compositions
washing –
the process of making art ~
rather than the end product,
turns all entertainment into a blast –
on the fish farm.
Photos of all heights
confers with other cells –
The mind is constantly collecting content.
And what about other means of transport?
the sun has gone down,
mind is always below.
they are always blind.
making art
suggest layers of meaning
in
my eyes –
made from a variety of materials.
the individual components, the fragments
in another lake?
Reality as it was known and accepted,
makes new associations each time –
Also,
Upright shadows made with fixed panels –
Place them on paper, cloth or board.
the moon moves fast,
Text appears as a layer –
land is gone
poor,
made of coloured paper erections,
abstract pylons
in crêpe dresses.
Look at me, * said –
The possibilities build
low quality paper
secreted in a medium
to sublimate
the aesthetic element –
me and clay,
sugar stones,
Day Haze,
their original context,
the mind assembling,
reassembling –
Two Fogs
Two Frogs
Clog Frowns
Facing West/East
~ don’t talk about me/media-
use as art,
This is a cocoon.
Because a whole grain sandwich
Placed on paper, cloth or board
reassembling/resembling
The image surface –
resized
from the window
to
a flat (sur)face.
And lastly,
Collages, montages and found objects
Plan if necessary –
Life is made in time.
This collage poem came out of my response to A Quantum and Rye Sandwich by Naïve haircuts. I interspersed lines from a fascinating lengthy online article about the history and impact of collage techniques on visual art and poetry composition. Other bits were added, and then this Dadaist mix went through multiple translations & reassembling before coming back to English. I then took this composition, and revisited the collage article to further modify the composition.
The finished piece is a metatextual collage poem about collage art. Lots of over thinking, but time spent not thinking about the FluTruckKlan in Ottawa , or the tensions building with the Ukraine Crisis. Meanwhile, we are going through another winter storm that includes ice pellets and some freezing drizzle. Good day to stay in.
Collage Poem sources:
Heidi Reszies ~Scissors, Paper, Glue: Collage and the Making of Poems –
I cut
Liquid Robots,
Singing Fish,
Chocolate Steaks
The Winter of the Freezing Gators –
Hydras regenerate their own heads,
Excalibur Worms !
Brain Chip
Otters Attack
Ventilated Venetians,
Scone Masons
When the Black Helicopters Descend-
Uncombable Hair
Vomiting Ants
Snow in Turin
Archipelago of Contusions –
A Flaming Devil,
Dancing Microbes
In the Maze of Mixed Vernaculars –
Underground Zombie Fires,
Creepy Jet-pack Robot,
Death by Banana Peel
NOTE: Found phrases from Mysterious Universe News Briefs Headlines & Articles
READ
THE NEXT SENTENCE.
IN THE SKY
Earth Is
Room Enough
BATM/-
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This found visual poem is a screen capture of recent BlogPosts I Like icons on my blog page. A principle of Mass Media is that Mass Media will turn other Mass Media & their content into new types of content, modifying/altering the context & the original intent/message. Collage is an art medium that makes use of this principle. The principle is a key component of Dadaist interpretation of culture, art, and popular Mass Media.
Below is a list of the original posts, so you can peruse the full images in their original context. The List is, in its own way, a found poem. Note that a couple of lengthy titles become individual stanzas in the sequence.
The volcano’s eruption –
Home to such large lava, densely,
Plants and billowing.
Not between home – erupting
Into that large agony.
Oh! Rear entirety –
formed side, each on oven, iron
– another with fireplace, massive,
motionless stood stone, grinding large.
that evidence gave pots –
mixing stone and cauldrons copper
– big now.
nostrils, his touched air,
stale-stone, damp of smell,
musty-inside.
Implied Spaces 