Julian Jason Haladyn


Unphysical States

The parameter                          lost cohesion
closing stings and
                                             a state of

             ends that travel           at the speed of light

image the moment      when
             a two-dimensional surface      in space-time
             a world sheet

lost amongst the            myriad

theories that are                       at the speed of light
                                                         relativistic by nature

Pythagoras fly-fishing or       a state of

relative             cohesion
mass that does not                    have mass

             unphysics                        as Jarry might have called it

left-movers and              right-movers
                           strings left all to themselves

like particles seen                              in space-time
                                               a continuum of

              ends that travel            unphysically


Intaglio Landscape 2.5 x 11.3

The river is moving now
lines upon lines upon
trees lining the entrance
no leaves as of yet
the scene anticipates spring
but the trees are patient
the river moving
in black and white


Matisse’s Backyard

The pigeons feed and coo
resting on Roman ruins
while dogs
                          dogs escape to the laughing crowd

behind Matisse’s house
              in the olive groves
where children play an intense game of bacci ball
               in the grassy landscape

laughing and rolling     metal balls that are Matisse sculptures
                                             or bright green hula hoops
through the abandoned alleys
               of olive trees

while dogs
                         dogs chase each other

through the Roman ruins
where apples fall and people urinate on graves

everyone in the café laughed when the dog escaped
red leash falling from his neck
               in a splash of paint

birthdays are celebrated
               with bottles of hard cider and dog bites

a lonely man sat
in the Roman ruins
talking about his daughter visiting Banff
               he just needed to talk

the café is busy               with birds flying overhead
while dogs return home
let in the back door of Matisse’s house



Julian Jason Haladyn is a Canadian artist and writer. His poems have appeared in, among others, Ditch, Elimae, Istanbul Literature Review, Identity Theory, Laika Poetry Review, Otoliths, and Nthposition, as well as the collection Nuit Blanche: Poetry for Late Nights (Toronto: Royal Sarcophagus Society Press, 2007). His poetry book 17/13 was published by Blue Medium in 2007 and his chapbook Convulsive Hotel Dreams was published by Trainwreck Press in 2008. In addition, Julian has published collaborative critical articles and reviews with Miriam Jordan in Parachute, Broken Pencil, C Magazine, On Site Review, and a chapter in Stanley Kubrick: Essays on His Films and Legacy (McFarland and Company 2007).

 
 
 
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