Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Two Poems by Calvin Pinnix


A MASKING OF ELEMENTS

The concrete stands tall
                               
                                 [[[domineering]]]

only because the bus is late


A slave to the incorporating elements

succumbing to each’s demands

[[[a requirement for membership

                    all inclusive]]]

with the exception of interior elevation


An exhibition of circumstance

positions the senses beneath forms of closure

masking a contained projection

with observation


 
AN ORGANIZATION OF PRIVILEGE

A delicate
   
    cyclical

speculation

conditions its surroundings
to be readily responsive



With meticulous description of alchemical properties

there’s a transformation

---a sudden unveiling and recognition---

and now things move in

]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]and out

of cells
  
   which sit quite trite in appearance



There’s a renewal with each successive victory



In awe of dialogue we speak



The constraints have been placed


only to be restored again


and then


only to be restored

A moping ensues
due to the floor being within reach of the ceiling



Here
))))))))))as a spectacle((((((((((
is an organization of privilege
    of surveillance

to contemplate attraction

and induce wayward wandering



Calvin Pennix lives with his wife and daughter in Mission Viejo, CA where he is completing his MFA and MA in English at Chapman University.  He is currently an instructor at Everest College, where he teaches Composition, Literature and Algebra.  Calvin’s primary interests lie in contemporary poetry and poetics and the intersections between the production of poetry, visual art and music.  Calvin’s first book of poetry, Grounds,  is being published by Argotist Books and will be out in early 2012.  He currently has had work appear in UCity Review, A Few Lines Magazine, Unlikely 2.0, Counterexample Poetics and Ishaan Literary Review.

2 comments:

  1. May today's success be the beginning of tomorrow's achievements. Congratulations! Pat

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