Three WorksDawn CorriganWhen Poetry is pure you wake up with it by your bed! >> more |
Twelve StoriesLouis E. BourgeoisI shot a dogre out of the blue sky. With its wing blown off, it swam in circles for a very long time before I rowed out and picked it out of the water. When I got back to the wharf, I cradled the little dogre in my arms. It had a black head and blacker eyes. >> more |
Untitled (true)Steve Dolan My experiences were far greater then I realized at the time. >> more |
How to Date a Flying MexicanDaniel A. OlivasWhen Conchita finally broached the subject with Moises-about his flying, not marriage-he held up his right hand, palm out to his new love, and corrected her: "I do not fly, mi amor," he said softly. "I levitate." >> more |
A Question in GeorgiaWilliam WalshA derived text sourced from An Education in Georgia: The Integration of Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, by Calvin Trillin, 1966. >> more |
| Museum WomenPolly Frost THE CURATOR The Curator oversees the acquisitions of new works, takes responsibility... >> more |
| Six WorksMary Kate AzcuyWhat do you say when you’ve got two pages left in the journal and dread when you’ve got the plane crashing? >> more |
Work in ProgressCharles BernsteinWORK and NO play makes Jack a DULL boy >> more |
Freud Repackaged in RomanianAndrei-Calin MihailescuOur in-house polyglot philosopher repacks Freud! >> more |
RivercourseChris Shipmanlast call >> more |
Night CityTom Clark The men and women go searching, hunting for the great ornament, the perfect page of appearance, the photo, the product, the celebrity link. They hunt in the... >> more |
In the DrivewayLisa Carlin the driveway
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Portrait and Dream: Selected Poems by Bill BerksonCharlie VermontAn uptown, downtown poet or is it a downtown uptown poet. Then too, as Edwin Denby said of dancers "They should be pretty" as part of the environment, there is a look to these poems over the years that's consistent. Also could live in an elite basket but doesn't... >> more |
How To Roller DiscoAlex RawlsIn the event as a beginner (possible) and fall correctly. Don't stiffen your natural floor or ground. >> more |
Two PoemsAnna Maria HongGeometry and the Moon creatures chased a beautiful orange. His round mounded lips eclipsed all reminiscences of home. >> more |
surround systems by calin-andrei mihailescuCalin-Andrei Mihailescuthe politics of tools >> more |
A True Wherever MessageMark SargentMark Sargent hits universal vein! >> more |
On GenerosityMark SargentOur correspondent in Greece is Socrates. >> more |
| from: The Science of ForgettingBernadette Mayer and Dave Brinks 
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Ken Mikolowski's Fat Man BluesKen Mikolowski ECONOMIC CRISIS buy low ... >> more |
Calin's Cameo Therapy and Mexican OccasionsCalin-Andrei Mihailescu
We find Calin Mihailescu's Cameo Therapy more amorous than therapeutic, which is what we look for in a poem, carefully weighing amor against therapy, and publishing only that which contains more amor. Calin is multilingual and writes with all his tongues: we post here some of... >> more |
Wild Thing by Steve TothAndrei CodrescuOk, Steve, just don't let anybody else in on it >> more |
FOUR RIPPED FROM LIFETrey Moore9:11 AM
The two cleaning ladies describe,
You workers, nasty. Uh huh, take a dump at the drop of a dime. Now I bag the little turds up. I put them on my ... >> more |
The Glass WombScott HughesThis jar contained something different >> more |
Sal Salasin's Blues in English And SpanishSal Salasin“Hello,” she lied. She was dressed in black with enough piercing to swing a compass needle at five paces, some real Mexican prison tatoos and a voracious appetite for an astonishing variety of extremely dangerous drugs.
Cariño, tu... >> more |
Dragosh Ziditoru from the Fringe Festival in EdinburghDragosh ZiditoruThe Romanian poet & resident of London Dragosh Ziditoru reports from Scotland about the graying of poetry readers and the (apparent) liveliness of spoken word performances. He is pessoptimist. >> more |
Oana Sanziana Marian in English and RomanianOana Sanziana Marian Circus Song
The first words I said that day were, "Danny, I... >> more |
from "Ready To Eat Individual"Brett Evans and Frank SherlockEd Bradley sang “60 MINUTE MAN” >> more |
3 Portions and NotebooksHank Lazerat dawn no really at dawn aubade or not. >> more |
New Works by Mark SargentMark SargentNew Works by Mark Sargent >> more |
A Young Monster from Transylvania! The Poetry of Marius Conkan!Marius Conkanthe son shouts and death reluctantly undresses >> more |
True Confessions: Pen Hackin? Slacker Jim LopezI’m one sorry sad sack of sloppy sheep shit >> more |
Problems of Life: WittgensteinTom Clark Problems of Life: Wittgenstein >> more |
Taking Shots at the Kindle 2: A Letter to BezosDeWitt Brinson My prayer is for the future of publishing: Let the earth’s resources be used resourcefully. Let the art be above the bottom line. Let books be more than just pictures and fonts (and let... >> more |
Corpse MusicAndrei MolotiuTHE FIFTHS SCHERZO FOR A ROAD MOVIE (for two voices, his in roman characters, hers in italics) >> more |
Three WorksDean BrinkAs you become your friends your furniture must become you, stand for the real you, and something on each shelf and wall so the friends feel friendliness. >> more |
Eight PoemsRon Klassnikwith everything gathering speed he took off his hat and threw it >> more |
I PAID FOR WOODSTOCKSusan Silas“Governor Nelson Rockefeller declares Woodstock a national disaster area.” Woodstock was on the front page of the New York Times for days. My mother, who had allowed her barely 16 year old daughter to go to this rock concert, was appalled. But to her it wasn’t the lack of... >> more |
Could I Be A Cannibal-in-Training?David BerriganOur scientist-in-residence finds his love for meat is endless. >> more |
Four New Poems by Pat NolanPat NolanFOUR NEW POEMS BY PAT NOLAN >> more |
from: triangulating happinessNicholas Courage goddammit look at the crowd, tights and miniskirts, girl jeans on bored boys - when did the literary life get so popular? flash art tattoos & pulitzer poets >> more |
Doru Chirodea's Self-Translated HorsesDoru ChirodeaDoru Chirodea lives in London, which is why his horses have a whiff of British in translation. >> more |
| New ReviewsAndrei Codrescu Solar Poems City Lights Books, citylights.com The publication by City... >> more |
Alexandra Dumitrescu?s Poetic NewsAlexandra DmitrescuAlexandra in New Zealand >> more |
Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf ExpoundedYusuf al ShirbiniJ.J. Phillips brought this remarkable text to our attention. Here is an excerpt from her letter:
Andrei, I’m sending you a few brief excerpts from the 17th century Egyptian satirist Yusuf al Shirbini’s Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded (pub. by Peeters, a... >> more |
from ERRATA by Michael Allen ZellMichael Allen ZellDAY 4 The glass implies the bottle, >> more |
Two PoemsNik De Dominicit is probably too late for apologies – but here goes. >> more |
Our Evil DaysSteven Wolfe We have to teach the baby, begged our brother Linus. He dwelt in the Yellow Room, the brilliant canary walls of which kept siblings at bay. We can't let her forget her native language. >> more |
Rearview Mirror & other poemsSean Patrick Hill I was just remembering houses I died in. >> more |
Tristan Tzara, the Lonely MakerWillis BarnstoneTristan Tzara lonely? Dada an-
archist, Résistance hero during the War,
can he have doubt? Abused by clique and clan
and foe? Is Peking Man about to soar
from his cave and attack the monocled,
gentle, three-piece bourgeois suit I wal... >> more |
Mark Sargent Models for Kenneth PatchenMark SargentWe love Kenneth Patchen's art, not often seen these days. This is Mark Sargent's report from The Past. >> more |
THE PAST: BUCHAREST: Labyrinth by Florin Ion FirimitFlorin Ion Firimit It was in the winter of 1982 when I moved to the Bucharest Municipal Hospital at the recommendation of a friend of the family who happened to be the director of the facility. >> more |
DE CUSUT by Paul Tanicui, TO SEW in English by A. CodrescuAndrei CodrescuSEWING NEWS! >> more |
Video Corpse in Sweden: Submit!Andrei CodrescuNonStopVideoArt and The Exquisite Corpse Video Project at Formverk, Sweden World Wide Opening http://www.formverk.se ... >> more |
BOMBE FOR DESSERTMike ToppHe is afraid to go to the war zone but he has heard one restaurant there serves a great bombe. >> more |
The Big JokeElinor Nauensomeone else entirely who doesn’t mind being dead or over there >> more |
| Homage to Hariette SurovellAndrei Codrescu Homage to Hariette Surovell I met Hariette in 1984 when I sat next to her at a Chinese restaurant where my publisher, Bill... >> more |
10 Hindi Poets, translated and introduced by Arlene ZideArlene ZideI was a true mustard seed He, just a huge mountain of lies
He talked for hours about gunpowder so when I handed him a match >> more |
Two New Romanian Books, reviewed by Peter ThompsonPeter ThompsonThe Romanians, Englished by Adam Sorkin's skilled keyboard, keep taking America by storm. Reviews by Peter Thompson. >> more |
Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink: Locus of the Enigmatic PolygenerationTom BradleyCrossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink: Locus of the Enigmatic Polygeneration
...you're not supposed to have any sense of place... a sense... >> more |
Megan Volpert Alphabetizes Her PetsMegan VolpertMORE NEW PETS ALL STARTING WITH B! For those readers of the Corpse who don't have any idea what this is all about, we have nothing to say to you! Only kidding, come back. Megan had the benefit of an excellent education that included knowledge of the alphabet. How many of us can say that?... >> more |
| Lucy In the Sky With Darrell: Actualism Part 1Dave Morice Lucy In the Sky With Darrell Part 1 >> more |
The Transient Nature of Twinkies by Dave BreithauptDavid BreithauptSpecial to the Corpse! From Ohio, formerly a Battleground State! >> more |
I Am As You Are Anything by Mark SargentMark SargentWe woke up and there it was: poetry!
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Seattle: Aimez-vous Pearl Jam? (a tale of Old Seattle)David Fewster(From the Diary of Nanette Jenkins, NOVEMBER 1993) Yesterday was my 39th birthday, as depressing a personal milestone as any I’ve experienced, with the possible exception of my wedding day with Stanley. Maybe this one was... >> more |
LOST AND FOUNDPat NolanLOST AND FOUND
Don’t worry about making it real it’s all imaginary
windy and warm a summer of days approaches
my leg is killing me my arm is killing me my head is killing me my back is killing me my foot is killing m... >> more |
Prehuman Bug Guy To LifeAndrei Codrescu & DeWitt BrinsonPREHUMAN BUG GUY TO LIFE as translated from... >> more |
Stalingrad, September 1942Jesse MountjoySimple, canvas-covered bi-planes, The Polikarpov U-2, Designed as training planes, Used as cropdusters And termed 'Kerosinka' >> more |
Babelante by Andrei-Calin MihailescuCalin-Andrei Mihailescuthe man speaks languages like they were hors d'oeuvres in a Queens restaurant, when they are in fact clefs to chef d'oeuvres in a masterly corpus litteraire
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| Peter for Peter OrlovskyHerbert Huncke Peter by Herbert Huncke
I just finished eating Peter and washed him down with beer--lager beer. He was tender and... >> more |
Lie AboutSusan OsbornWhen the boy was born, they said that something was wrong with his heart, but after the operation, he came out all stiff and twisted. His left leg no longer bent at the knee so that when he walked, he had to drag it behind him the way a child does a toy. And his right arm which was now... >> more |
The IncarnateAlysse GerardiThere’s a Ghost in my head, although I don’t know his name. He tells me >> more |
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Four PoemsCharles Vermontfrom the Cabinet of Dr. Vermont >> more |
The Blind: Chapter II of Dark BodiesStelian TanaseNoted Romanian novelist Stelian Tanase wrote Dark Bodies with bugs in the phone and Securitate outside the door. Translation by Jean Harris.
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Janine Canan: MaybeJanine Cananmaybe >> more |
Cobbler by Willie SmithWillie SmithThe Amazing Willie Smith Retirns to the Corpse! >> more |
Rubber-Hose Real EstateJim LopezI gently held Angie's wrist while she tied a lavender, paisley neck tie around her upper arm, slapping and waiting for a vein to emerge. Our eyes never left each other's, and when that vein bulged she found my soul with her gaze…then I stuck that needle in, soft and slow,... >> more |
Three Stories by Gloria FrymGloria FrymWise tales from this unparalleled chronicler of California's psyche, and ours. >> more |
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The Zilchers by Utahna FaithUtahna Faitha story from the milennial Chronicles of Decatur >> more |
EXTRA! An unknown text by Urmuz! In Search of Urmuz by Florina KostuliasFlorina KostuliasFlorina Kostulias has been hot on the trail of Urmuz, the Romanian writer considered by many to be the founder of the absurdist strain of 20th century art and literature, a strain that included most of the avantgardes, including the Dada movement and the Theatre of the Absurd. The search for Urmuz,... >> more |
Mark Sargent: the latest from GreeceMark SargentEurope is changing. Our correspondent in Greece, Mark Sargent, with the latest. >> more |
New York: Wet PromiseDoru ChirodeaLook dick head! In this country, we do whatever the fuck we want! >> more |
Sheherezade?s VentriloquistsTegan RaleighAlthough many classics have undergone profound metamorphoses over time, nothing compares to the variety of the Nights. >> more |
Bernadette Mayer's Fabulousness in the Eyes of the FaithfulBill DeNoyellesBernadette Mayer is a saint like her namesake: she flies and brings colors into the world. Bill DeNoyelles testify on just how he thinks she does this. >> more |
School BusMs. Su Zi Belleview High School Instructor of English >> more |
Wanted: Reviewers for TalismanComrades in NeedThe Saddest Request We've Ever Had! from talismaned@aol.com >> more |
Braden's mysterious paper airplaneBraden BellThis came in the window from Braden Bell >> more |
You Were A Friend of MinePhilip GoodWho took us into a lower east side squat Who took us into Steal This Radio where Bernadette played whale songs >> more |
Throat Song And Notesj.j. phillipscutting the throat utting the throat tting the throat ting the throat ing the throat ng the throat g the throat the throat he throat e throat throat hroat roat oat at t >> more |
DISPATCHES FROM THE FACEBOOK FRONTLINE: The story of Jeff Spikhersbrokken and the right Arthur GrayDylan BrodyProfessor Hawking himself has heard me do that joke on stage and he tells me I'm a very funny man. >> more |
Peoples? Weird Shit Namely MineSusan ConnellPolyestra >> more |
| Wormwood Scrubs by Steven J. FowlerSteven J. Fowler all heart & some voices
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PERCH & TWIRL: New WorksElinor NauenMine eyes have seen the glory of THE BATH ARTIST My husband is a philistine. When I woke him at 5:45 this morning to offer a private viewing of my greatest creation to date, he rolled away, stuck his head under a pillow and growled. He therefore missed (1) the... >> more |
Works by Louis ArmandLouis Armandbeneath the window Rimbaud masturbated from >> more |
The Gorilla My MotorPaul Tillema“What do you mean my gorilla motor?” Sanji asks. “It’s what it sounds like, my motor is my gorilla.” Nan smugly replies. He twists some fuzzy pills that have formed around the waist of his khaki sweater and stirs some non dairy creamer into designer coffee.... >> more |
Hariette Surovell's Long Epic Fight with the Faceless Monster VerizonHariette Surovell"Do you have any enemies?" "T", the Verizon security expert suddenly asked me. "Enemies?" "Yes, Ma'am. Is there someone out there who would want to do you harm?" I felt like Briscoe and Logan from "Law and... >> more |
| SURREALPOLITIKMax Cafard SURREALPOLITIK What is Surrealpolitik? Some assumed that the answer had emerged in 2003 when a historian reported a shocking... >> more |
2012 in the hardlight of Kevin McCaffery's poemsKevin McCaffery...and that's just how it was in 2012, more for some, less for others, or vice-versa, but true every which way >> more |
The Animals Began on the PorchWillis BarnstoneThey began on the porch. My daughter saw them first and she said they came in all sizes and they were goats, but my son said no they were deer, perfectly formed deer who had come in from the forests and their coats were immaculately clean pelts of Irish setters but they were certainly not... >> more |
extazul sfintului markon by Marius ConkanMarius ConkanA Danubian HOWL >> more |
Max Jacob: Fantomas, translated by Pat NolanMax JacobWas Max Jacob Fantomas? Read Pat Nolan's renditions! >> more |
Two Poems by Merilyn JacksonMerilyn JacksonMerilyn Jackson takes no prisoners, but what a heart has she! >> more |
| The Japan of the MindKane X. Faucher An Evening with Tom Bradley or The Japan of the Mind
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