Jeff Harrison


Prométhée

idle these rocks — their avalanche an idyll afar as Arethusa —
manacled by the clouds this loyal throng of the clouds
longs to be the rolling eye of the fountain, Arethusa's swing


The Victor Hugo of Jules Verne

LE SPHINX DES GLACES
«vrai» c'est bien a l'escalier, «séduite» dites; encore

CLAUDIUS BOMBARNAC
«jaloux» ne parle plus, «les» ténébreuse; ténébreux

UNE VILLE FLOTTANTE
«même» vie que deviendrait hélas, «raison» Memphis; vainqueur

VOYAGE AU CENTRE DE LA TERRE
«dites» séduite beau malheur, «voir» nul; sait

NORD CONTRE SUD
«ténébreux» les passants s'esquivent et, «ne» jaloux; Madame

MICHEL STROGOFF
«vainqueur» raison Varney quoique, «hélas» exciter; même

LE PHARE DU BOUT DU MONDE
«sait» voir ses yeux deviennent, «bien» vrai; par

Actaeon, afterward‏

Drown that star, fountain, let its shade look up from its light like a hind from her basin.



Jeff Harrison has poems in all the issues of Otoliths except the second issue. He has publications from MAG Press, Writers Forum, Persistencia Press, and Furniture Press. He has two e-books at xPress(ed), and one at Blazevox. His poetry has appeared in Sentence: a Journal of Prose Poetics, Moria, Nerve Lantern, Xerography, MiPOesias, NOON: journal of the short poem, Big Bridge and elsewhere. He has an interview blog with Allen Bramhall called Antic View.

 
 
 
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