Geof Huth

taxidermi


though idea
put down

as first
thought seconded

by
predetermination

filed to
type

the ancient
thesaurus

lumbering
up to make

of time

each character
a code

to reveal
the way to

feathering


elevation
of in
sight

downward
towards
a boot

mud
turning
to dirt

a feather
of sunlight
shifting

over

and

the cold
brightens
to ice

sweetens
the air
clears

and
sweeps
and

dances


paper affords
ink, absorbs

markings, keeps
and tells,

moving words
away from

mouth, holding,
having, keeping

it moves
through space,

a carpet,
transporting language

above dreaming,
leaving behind

the fingerprint
of thought

boolean

and is plus
in addition
to more is

less most often
at night when
or is what

we wonder out
to nightmare
by the time

it comes to
the morning
breaks in two

with any turn
not intended
we reevaluate

our sense of
self sustains
before it extends

Geof Huth is an American who has lived on most continents on earth (but not Australia). Over the years, he has created visual and other poems in a wide variety of formats: lineated verse, prose, paintings, drawings, and films. He has been published in venues as diverse as The American Poetry Review, Dreams and Nightmares, Kalligram, Lost and Found Times, Modern Haiku, La Poire D'Angoisse, Prakalpana Literature, ZYX, and atop bandaids. His chapbook of visual poems, Out of Character, was recently published by Paper Kite Press. He writes almost daily on visual poetry at his blog dbqp: visualizing poetics. Geof is one of the two Geof Huths in the world; the other lives in Australia.


 
 
 
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