Issue 11.2 Spring 2016

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Author Statement

Micro-climates I call my poems. These are short dense works subject to chance associations, seed text, spliced narratives, gags, lyrical enquiry, psycho-geographical ramblings, post-modern cut up & whatever may be passing / bump me. I fuse such active bright lil’circuits until they are fast & self-sufficient. These are subject to rapid shifts in form & time periods as well multiple voices & multiple characters, they are disciplined but most unstable. These micro-climates are entirely unplanned before conception & are pleasingly subject to prevailing conditions, whatever I’m reading, doing, wherever I go. The most suitable of these I learn & perform individually or as part of a short sequence. In terms some of these may be made into a video poem or song. As a poet/performer, when the opportunity arises in terms of suitable content I use poetry as a vehicle for performance, onstage as well as with music & video. My aim is to make sharp, concise, disciplined work which is presented through a fragile, punk filter. I try to present a fluid body of work appealing to fellow poets as well as practitioners of other art disciplines & as a result collaborate whenever the opportunity arises. I like my work to promote a sense of urgency in both performance & page, something sharp presented with vigor & push

Billy Cancel has recently appeared in Blazevox, Gobbet & Streetcake Magazine. His latest body of work PSYCHO'CLOCK is imminent on Hidden House Press. Sound poems, visual shorts and other aberrations can be found at billycancelpoetry.com

 

cabbage town buzz bomb buzz bomb fauxbourg

 

Billy Cancel

 


showed to both despite     rainbow mask peppermint
hoodie then     got you on the blank sheet chigger
tangled interplay yeah         haven’t
     turned a trick in fauxbourg all
summer     though
i made a nest of weeds fibers     as per
my appraisal so     a barrier was restored     
between wonder wheel support staff & you     
were 1 of the gang touted to go over the
wall post-exposure         clad in
     a dainty nightdress     i have adhesive toes for
grip     excuse the mess     am trying to restore
power to the county but     a number of
substations     are still
underwater     probably
time to     chase up your
referral     with
the cabbage
town office   

 

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