Onoma : Writing

An Orphic Marker

An Orphic Marker

A Poem by Onoma


a broken column tilts at a forty fivedegree angle--bulging earth at its base.its top resembles a snapped femur,whose opposable reflection streamsalong..
Metes Out its Own Severity

Metes Out its Own Severity

A Poem by Onoma


what's never to be gottenover metes out its ownseverity.as in never.in the affirmative.immovably beyond.yet right there with whatstays--lost as a void..
Remastered

Remastered

A Poem by Onoma


lip synchingsilence, is sungto.as it mouths songsonly it can hear.
A Model Circus

A Model Circus

A Poem by Onoma


a bundle of strings,murmuring skyward.(think) deep sea tentacles--deflating/reinflatingbioluminescentballoons in a jellyfish'stransparent wet suit.a c..
A Harpy Tarred & Feathered

A Harpy Tarred & Feathered

A Poem by Onoma


a harpy.silvered & gilded--tarred & featheredin an illuminated manuscript.yay to the irony of featherweighing down feather,uglier than awkward..
Projector Let Through

Projector Let Through

A Poem by Onoma


down the main aisles of a movie theater,cranial malformations of popcorn are crushed.the brittle knockabouts of a cannibal'sunstrung necklace--left to..
Weird People Weirded Out

Weird People Weirded Out

A Poem by Onoma


inappropriate laughter from cachesof silence--contextually disembodied.weird people weirded out,the pressing matter of face-economy.stuck to its numbi..
Monthly Grimoires

Monthly Grimoires

A Poem by Onoma


a gusty whip of pages,read clear as agoat's bell collar.what deflowers snow--this stackof monthly grimoires.broken openby penetrative invocations.as l..
Escape Act

Escape Act

A Poem by Onoma


lightless cessationsunderground--pushingagainst the crumpledlightning of roots.sparking its sensitivewires that blow open acasket like a safe.
Cold Spot

Cold Spot

A Poem by Onoma


a cold spotin abottomlessocean--can be feltmore oftenthan not.