12/30/2008

resolve 51
write

(one) “so

what” ‘iter (wade)

pushing (t)

alive (eat)

“bark, bark, bark”

break “say,

it’s young”

young (er)

less

(blood) pump (d)

leak’d

over (n)

‘rrr’nnnnnnnnn’nnn”

step foot

run

12/20/2008

resolve 50
shoes

(dirty) top/bottom

sensible order (along)

“whip, really,

 do you?” 

‘sible

(so long)

theory (ized)

solid 4

at’a

“not

at this” running

“oh, come

on?” shoes

worn out

(require) “whether”

12/19/2008

resolve 49
real

(listic) ‘cross

again down head

“don’t look,

yet”

strand’d way

(s) ‘ghout

throw’n spot

“not these,

yet” suicide’d

(moment to moment)

“so, aint’t

it, again?” denote’t

mix’d sense as

12/18/2008

resolve 48
‘pansive

(review) “you

exhale, once, twice”

ambivalence spectate

(tion) “don’t

know,

it’s association”

(blue) void’d

‘daptation

(cold) wired

little

6 feet (up)

exhaled’d “us,

hoary”

impose’d everything

(taken) “from you”

12/17/2008

resolve 47
leashed

(un) “fight

to, not living”

‘lations

“as one”

(under) bric

(to) raw

drain (to) gutter

(ly)

behaving ‘anguage

lost (ing) to

“aint’t it,

so” (re-read)

worked another

“one, so”

12/16/2008

resolve 46
re-reading

atmosphere (homework)

original “what’s finished

here” hump

(it)

hand and wall

remove

condition (s)

‘zation “not

worth, labor”

walking away

‘culations return

(ing)

assert (neither)

“blind,

material to it”

12/14/2008

resolve 45
back

leg stretch

achilles tendon out

“stretch’d out,

you”

breathing deep

“once, this

way” sprayed

‘cipher (ing)

possible (ties)

“manner, many mean”

similar code

(ing)

(ting) depict

(ed)

for “standing”

12/09/2008

resolve 44
“and

push harder”

muscle thigh

shake

(ing) deeper

breath “don’t

speculate’t, just

move”

doubled hands out

(fabricate) rising

face

rubbed (ed)

wheeze’t (s-l-o-w)

stop

hand to knees

under wrapping

it’s

12/05/2008

resolve 43
red

gray hair

up “meaningless, made

time” four

wheeled wire’d

no

(where) motion

narrow

rest’d “fingers split,

free hands” with

white towel

nylon net

(over)

lights ‘candesence

back shadow

pulling (push)

12/04/2008

resolve 42
“you

have to

look back, once’an

a’while” child

roller’d street

one

two street

rolling (being)

describe’t

“as might be

rollers”

range blocks

(insist) bed

room 7th at

2nd cast

over

12/03/2008

resolve 41
repress

(sion) eye

(horrible) staring (ing)

insistence

“whether crucial

of not”

name’d once

twice (once)

[buildings at sunrise]

crucial

exaggerate ‘solve

drawn ‘having

(before)

strings pulling

shoe (shoes)

‘nother trait

11/26/2008

resolve 40
dissolve

draw (back)

behave ‘cisely past

“once this

position is

marked” becomes

(gone)

(you) ‘ntity water

bucket over

them

(self) “scale it, up”

instruction

(bit) crisis

(of) ‘gonist

“for purpose”

11/25/2008

Mark Young's, "phroemase" 

11/03/2008

from Spencer Selby

10/12/2008

resolve 39
(up)

turn’t “basically,

unwork’d” press’d move’t

lower case

(survival) “means,

relations or”

truncated arm

hand (drizzle) dropping

appearing

contra (dict)

(ing)

“re-worked as

itself, either”

mouth 

or (basic) continuation

10/10/2008

and, so...
stocks to cash

cash to

devalued

paper

paperless cash

environment worth nothing

well, with all the fun stuff in the world, and if you have some spare time
and control over your reflux disorder, go over to
Artrecess, also called P.F.S. Post, to see one my poems posted by Adam Fieled.
Remember those hundred dollar bills in your mattress?
They won't be worth a shot of bad vodka (pick your drink).

9/15/2008

resolve 38
locate’d

end (to

end) “you close’t”

argue inherent

‘verse

‘tablished ease

arm over

“within, and

a such”

‘tation

‘actment

stucco (contrary)

view reach

broken

glass (vodka)

up step edge

lips

9/14/2008

resolve 37
signifying

between (once)

“it’s sitting here”

stick (ing)

dropped enable

separate join’d (a)

“and,

rather that

termination” brought

close

door’d “definitely

held up ends

‘cessity

circles setting

“between once

more”

9/07/2008

Mark Young's, (as) 'Notations'
resolve 36
back’d

sandy “two

foot step” ribs

around turn

(ing) “next

will be, it?”

eucalyptus nest’d

foot shoe step

down

blink (ing)

‘scious

constant aware

(not) “one syllable”

next bar

(less)

9/05/2008

per, Mark Young's,  'beings punctual'
resolve 35
rub

ribs right

(street) side “less

symbolic, order

(ly)”

situate join’d

next “tap

it” foot

left tape

(tape’d) glass

broken step’d grass

high place’d

4x6 feet

“apart and front tire”

8/25/2008

per, Mark Young's,  'beings punctual'
resolve 34
(the

spectator) reach

“had, seem too”

handle bar

swing (ing) “beat,

beaten” derivative

(ly)

walking dirt

(other) street

to

button (light) change

“blinks, blinking”

arm elbow

in (up)

move (ing)

8/24/2008

resolve 33
“will be next”

turn turn

or

turned “what?”

chair leg

attached unconscious

what

(no) step

sidewalk dirt

(glass) Smirnoff broken

up

tire grass

(april) tires

truck around

(track dug)

crows eucalyptus

8/04/2008

resolve 32
“I’ll

arrest you

on a 158”

question within

(right)

badge neck

card window

rows round

it hand’t

face

face

face (twirl

on foot to

foot)

bugs “that kind

of person”

8/02/2008

resolve 31
“eat the bug”

dragging

(foots)

“you’re

the kind

of person”

window knock knock

vacant

(dismiss) “gives us

all bad”

license plate

SF432L “names

and” bug up

(up)

7/31/2008

resolve 30
lean

pile (tent)

inner reach “up”

smooth concrete

(waste)

pattern’d vacant

around “us”

looks

behind “different,

mirrored”

incoherent (uncertain)

round’t (slide) crossed

hand

“another, another face”

across

face (less)

7/17/2008

resolve 29
also

(page) initiation

(rite) locked manage

“pulled into,

within”

approach foot

foot to

site to

building

“with all of

its settings”

room (open)

locking

inches wall

lean against’t

finger up

7/06/2008

resolve 28
“unfinish, firm”

touch rubbed

across

(it)

helicopter hang

(ing)

two smells

burning cattle

flesh (roof top)

over ‘ficial “since

I don’t

really know”

square

box’d set

(over) ‘tent

wiping away 

7/02/2008

a Meritage Press Announcement, 
A RELEASE Special Offer for:

PELICAN DREAMING: POEMS 1959-2008
Poems by Mark Young
Selected and with an Introduction by Thomas Fink
ISBN: 978-0-9794119-5-3

Price: $24.00
Release Date: Summer 2008
Distributors: Meritage Press and Lulu at http://www.lulu.com/content/1955266

Meritage Press is delighted to announce the release of PELICAN DREAMING: Poems
1959-2008 by Mark Young, Selected and with an Introduction by Thomas Fink.

Mark Young was born in New Zealand, but has lived for more than half his life in
Australia. First published in 1959, his work has appeared in a large number of both 
lectronic & print journals, & he has been included in many anthologies. His publications
ange from the first book on modern New Zealand painting through more than a dozen
collections of poetry & his co-editorship with Jean Vengua of two anthologies of
hay(na)ku to a speculative novella, the allegrezza ficcione. These days he spends most of
his time editing the e-zine Otoliths & nurturing the steadily-increasing catalog of its print
publishing arm. 


To celebrate the release of PELICAN DREAMING, Meritage Press is pleased to offer a
special discounted release arrangement good through August 31, 2008. You may order
the book for $19.00 (a 21% discount from the book's $24 retail price) plus free
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Eileen Tabios
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and you get a piece of one of my paintings.... 
hks

resolve 27
(ing)

drop (t)

“icarus’

left here”

tends throat (identity)

close

‘lyses closer

tongue

down “choking,

I’m” water

force’d space

articles attention

(up)

butting up

feather (s)

back ground

’ficial

block’d

6/27/2008

resolve 26
“is

only an

example” 

implied read

wipe

around pushed

(rest) line

pocket out

“and open, releasing”

approach (less)

identity

butting

up after

nose tickle

(cough)

wipe sleeve

“no names, but”

wipe

6/25/2008

resolve 25
“naming

an objective”

thumb nose as 

(pulling) napkin

paper “rubbed

implicitly or

relatively”

(ly) little

finger in

“to meaningful”

marking x’s “not”

sleeve can

“a surprise”

vulnerable

6/23/2008

resolve 24
currents

‘ticulate (up)

shaped made “making

word, a

words” following

scraping toe (to)

superseded

“no big”

clumsy (desired) (t)

“words, no

big” match

(super

cede)

elbow out

cause skin hang

6/13/2008

resolve 23
reading

(speech) less

ordinary lips "but

tonight," suppressed

attention wall

(s) anxious (ly)

smooth hand

rubs between

legs "brown

leaves left" lines

up reveal

hand diminish't face

"others understood"

6/12/2008

resolve 22
holding

single pieces

(glass) “surrender, timing”

tubing tighter

(act) ‘tion

“finger switched, again”

pumps and jerks

(tied) “placing one

over another”

apparent (and) “ranging

‘plications”

basket full

(ness) bled (ing)

5/31/2008

resolve 21
“towards,

covering thin” 

support leg front

forward (back up)

counter “constraint

shifting to”

disappearing vertical

(‘vealed) view

roof top

“film digital, blanks”

use approach

sweep out

(ward)

“in to hands”

5/28/2008

resolve 20 - for hay(na)ku poets 
currents

‘ticulate (up)

shaped made “making

word, a words”

following scraping

toe (to)

superseded

“no big”

clumsy (desired)

(t)

“words, no big”

match (super

cede) 

elbow out

cause skin hang

(ing)

5/27/2008

resolve 19
capillary

(to) artery

warm (ing) suffer’d

edge away

“we, nothing means”

headed jerking

walking

central St.

towards Alameda

(moon)

strike wheel

(balance) aluminum

basket

“another one,

cooked rare” drip’t out

5/08/2008

resolve 18
“thought,

static hell”

green pants shoe

primitive (primitive)

inner thigh

up rubbing

“endless

night, banded

back” inject’d

(riddle) intermediate

soft coat

sleeves (over)

“syrup

is runny,

at” febrile

deserted (particular)

5/03/2008

resolve 17
turn

(away) mudhole

backwards slip (ing)

misty night

“it’s not receding

only” thick

lace’s tight

(en) “let’s

go” conical

core (ed)

“over mountain tops”

step

(back) movement

“as extinct”

attempt (d)

5/01/2008

ah, haven't posted much lately, music, poetry, work, shit, it's all a pain in the ass, (and the complaining never stops) however... the new Otoliths is out... please take a look, especially Rochelle Ratner's work! The rest is pretty fucking incredible, I think... cheers, harry

click on Otoliths (I realize it doesn't change color as a regular link)

Otoliths 8

>>>> from Mark Young

It is with both pleasure & sorrow that I announce the going live of issue nine of Otoliths. The pleasure is because this issue marks the beginning of Otoliths' third year, & once again contains a great variety of text & visual work. The sorrow is because Rochelle Ratner, a frequent contributor to this journal, passed away on March 31st. I'd like to dedicate this issue, in which she has new poems, to her. In this issue are Rochelle Ratner, harry k stammer, Adam Fieled, Bill Drennan, David-Baptiste Chirot, Joel Chace, Michael Farrell, Reed Altemus, Andrew Lundwall, Douglas Barbour & Sheila E. Murphy, William Doreski, Duane Locke, Stu Hatton, Joe Balaz, Jeff Harrison, Raymond Farr, Esa Mäkijärvi, Bobbi Lurie, Julian Jason Haladyn, Simon Perchik, Suzanne Grazyna, Eileen R. Tabios, Diana Magallón & Jeff Crouch, Jeff Crouch & Matina L. Stamatakis, Thomas Lowe Taylor, Glenn R. Frantz, Angela Genusa, Randy Thurman, Philip Byron Oakes, Mark Cunningham, Geof Huth, Andrew Topel & Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett & Luigino Solamito & Sheila E. Murphy, John M. Bennett & Scott MacLeod, Scott MacLeod, Robert Gauldie, Adam Strauss, Marcia Arrieta, Elizabeth Kate Switaj, William Allegrezza, Ernesto Priego, Ed Schenk, Irving Weiss, Mary Kasimor, Christopher Major, Derek Owens, Paul Siegell, Daniel f Bradley, Daniel Morris, Steve Timm, Mary Ellen Derwis, Thomas Fink, Louise Landes Levi, Toni Simon, Martin Edmond & Kirsten Kaschock.

4/15/2008

resolve 16
"remind me why"
hearted crumble
(ing)
leaves cornered
"no time
to rot" behind
blowing (out)
contradict'd down
"windy, here,
windier"
legs back
(covering) outlined
(some sort of)
background baring
body

3/25/2008

resolve 15
warm clear (dry)
rejected
"it's visual
and discernable"
first half
(then) or schedule
shift (d)
"or evolving,
blurred" open
tips brick
absorbs
"another invention"
group (s) dead
tracked
(dead) brightly

3/19/2008

resolve 14
"wrapped
up" complicated
dealt (speech) with
'cinations state
(s)
"go-ahead for
once" attack
'tempt breathing
parts (which) heavy
'lucinations
"torment me, this"
low density
placed direct
walker handles (grip)
(t)

3/12/2008

resolve 13
constant
stream "somebody"
under broken under
(puzzle) central
stick push
up flap
open
(ing)
"is fundamentally"
close fingers wrap
"a symptom, a"
'reducible again
(gain) eye
up plastic
over (that)

3/11/2008

resolve 12
(neutral)
ankles scratch
heel "not much
suffering" some
blood finger nails
(theory)
specks spread
hydrant (on)
sifting "about some"
fire
daylight (after)
south irreducible
"enemy at"
factor (s) 'grandize
in

3/06/2008

resolve 11
persist
(person) plastic
specific tarp spread
"serve it up, now"
lounge chair
under
position set period
"perplexed, again?"
limit
90 degrees
off wall (line'd) 
'curring legs
out flat
pants stretch

3/05/2008

resolve 10
sitting
slow (mechanical)
pieces "like a
deviation" argue
(in) comprehensible
in trucks
away
"get the"
'pocentric "assumptions out"
knee 
ache bend "defects
are here"
stretched
(out)trace
(it) back over

3/04/2008

resolve 9
quiet" voice'd
stance (aware)
around recur
finger
surface "don't
know" alert rubs
arm out
forward erect
back (curve)
"what
judges
what" leaning (in)
"longing is
a, seems"
taking (grip)
under buttocks

2/28/2008

resolve 8
stumble
(reason) able
up elbow lean
two inches
water over lack
'two of
defect" shirt
wash stains (it's
biology)
flows
appear washing
(over) rising
"inch of consciousness"
over much
and

2/27/2008

resolve 7
(un)
stressing two
arms pushing up
"where you,
wheeled" push
valve (valve)
two
fingers (vowel)
water (here)
curb (high)
"just let him"
short break
(semi) circumference
eye left
"in"

2/26/2008

resolve 6
diverted
curb drain
(into) push't position
shoes (shoe)
"what of"
'mensional (ing)
"his,
his feet"
deprecatory sound (mental)
reck
(less) plunk knuckle
metal contain'd
(more one)
sound (ed)
pneumonia
(esque)

2/13/2008

resolve 5
"him, it's"
tree around rain'd flow
(ing) left finger
eye rub right "him,
it's" hole water'd
up rounds out
splash wheel'd
splatter back knee
crutch 'verting
wave'd (she)
sits "what"

2/12/2008

resolve 4
time (consonant)
"heavier today, not" together
lower kneeling scratch
(ing) door under expect
(agreement refusal)
corollary spreading leaves
after
rubbing area
corner frame door
both hands (night)
together ceiling member

2/07/2008

resolve 3
"repeat, say this"
rise line (s)
(dictus) consensual
(vowel) 'noting
dialog repeated
'livious
hat (a top)
belongs stopped "at
the door" shoe
stare knock
knock't finger tip
tap sound (over)

2/06/2008

resolve 2
lamp door open(s)
precede'd together
"looking up" endure
scratch't again
again refusal
(black/brown) describe
mirror (window) sense "there
it is, over"
iron attempt'd
identify strike
(brutal) reveal'd
place'd there

2/05/2008

resolve 1
oblivious "crown'd saying
this" spiral turn
nothing two legs
two arms "gravity knows"
swallow gripping fingers
hand in (hard)
percept (ing) behind't pass't
"motel
here it is"
suspend (up) back

1/31/2008

terror 119
pale leather
retractable
"bearing a mouth"
chair skin (sun)
tight cheaper
taught over vertebrate
"but it looks
dead, to me"
bivalve (esque)
cling'ing grey
blue smile teeth
over residue (tapping)
substance discomfort
rubbing elbow remove
stiffen'd
"dead as dead"
tapping tile
remove echo (up)
limit'd "paste face"
swollen (tap it)
stopped (slow) swallow
(the)
"looks like
it's dead to me"

1/30/2008

terror 118
blind'd pair transfer
(bile) corner (&)
"looks dead to me"
head
over "smile a smile"
pieces arms
legs (brain matters)
stick tap tap "but
his own" duration
(stinking) plastic bag
(t) mark chalk
"it off, again,
it's" green gray
"dead to
me"
movement (tap tap)
ahead line
spherical mass around't
"on again" (st)
fatigue none
"smile this"

1/28/2008

Issue eight of Otoliths, the southern summer 2008 issue, has just gone live.
Otoliths
The issue contains, in order of appearance, work by Michele Leggott, Geof Huth, Nicholas Manning, Laurie Price, Sandy McIntosh, Reed Altemus, Alicia Dangereyes, Bill Drennan, gustave morin, Paul Hardacre, Felino Soriano, Pradip Datta, Spencer Selby, Spencer Selby & Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, David-Baptiste Chirot, Kristine Ong Muslim, Joshua A Ware, Patrick Gulke, James Sanders, Jill Chan, J. D. Nelson, Eric Burke, Philip Byron Oakes, Louie Crew, Márton Koppány, Thomas Fink & Maya Fink, Richard Kostelanetz, Paul Siegell, Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, Sheila E. Murphy & John M. Bennett, Luigino Solamito & John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett, Jeff Harrison, John Lowther, Alexander Jorgensen, Martin Edmond, Christopher Major, Elisa Gabbert & Kathleen Rooney, Caleb Puckett, Cecelia Chapman, Guy Beining, Vernon Frazer, Bobbi Lurie, harry k stammer, Andrew Topel, Thomas Fink & Andrew Riley Clark.

1/26/2008

terror 117 - Spencer Selby Video - harry music and poetry

1/23/2008

terror 116
discommode pairing
(conflict) "tel in mo
out" knock bang't
waits first
time (and) before
"yes, unload" backup
patient (toes) up/down
(time) in/out "oh!" penetrate
material worthless
(plug) ear
price'd blast
(ing) turning covered
over paste tacking
note paper (line)
"stop, stop"
step trudge (melody)
"I was there,
I" around't leg
(out) band damage nerve
another door (to)
bang't knock't wait