By Marcus D. Niski
The inner clothes
we put on each morning
unbuttoned by night
adorned with useless circular landscapes
purified
in cities prepared
near vast expanses
[MN] 22 July 1998
INTO THAT RADIANT SILENCE
By Marcus D. Niski
The bronze houses without
windows or doors
become obelisks.
The butterfly hunter
with his hat
strode across the foyer
at a moment which anything
seemed possible…
[MN] n.d. November 1997
The Picture is The Title – by wallyRe
wallyRe is an Austrian sound artist, poet and photographer. This poem – the third part of a triptych – pays homage to the works of the Dada and Surrealist poets as well as the technique of chance operations as articulated by artists such as John Cage. More about wally Re can be found at her website: wallyre.net
Image & Poem Text © wallyRe 2021
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