I LOVE Leigh Bowery

Vispo book 1 contributions by Susan Mortimer inspired by Leigh Bowery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Bowery

YOU REFUSE, EYES CLOSED, to Chet Baker

Large painted envelope and collage fragments

I’m holding spring with precaution

Inspired by a poem from Odysseus Elytis, mailed to John M Bennett, USA

WILD IS THE WIND

A tribute to Nina Simone

No human glory in war

Painted envelope for Theresa Williams around verses by Galway Kinnell

«Kneel on the scorched earth
in the shapes of men and animals»

(The book of nightmares)

Nature creates her own brackets

Inspired by a poem from SAPPHO, mailed to Gail D Whitter in Canada

The white hotel itself was lost in white. «We must try to find the path back,» he said hopelessly.

ATC from Theresa Williams inspired by Dylan Thomas

DYLAN M. THOMAS (1914-1953)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas

What shall I do with the body I’ve been given, so much at one with me, so much my own?

ATC from Theresa Williams inspired by Osip Mandelstam


OSIP MANDELSTAM (1891-1938)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossip_Mandelstam

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed

ATC by Theresa Williams inspired by Kafka


FRANZ KAFKA (1883-1924)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

In this windy nest open your hungry mouth in vain

ATC by Theresa Williams inspired by Issa

KOBAYASHI ISSA (1763-1827)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Issa

What America did you have when Charon quit poling his ferry and you got out on a smoking bank and stood watching the boat disappear

ATC by Theresa Williams inspired by Allen Ginsberg


ALLEN GINSBERG (1926-1997)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg

I have been one aquainted with the night, I have walked out in the rain and back in the rain, I have outwalked the furthest city light

ATC by Theresa Williams inspired by Robert Frost


ROBERT FROST (1874-1963)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost

Wipe your hands across your mouth and laugh. The worlds revolve like ancient women gathering fuel in vacant lots

ATC by Theresa Williams inspired by TS Eliot


T.S. ELIOT (1888-1965)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot

Nevertheless it is with our poems that we must visit ourselves

ATC by Theresa Williams inspired by Stephen Dunn


STEPHEN DUNN (1939-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Dunn

An old song on a hot midnight patio of summer: «The house of the rising sun», look at the hazy stars so soft in the coatdark blue

ATC by Theresa Williams inspired by Hayden Carruth

HAYDEN CARRUTH (1921-2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Carruth

I want to fill my trembling hands with your impenetrable mame, to southe my headache in the reek of you that permeates your skirts

ATC by Theresa Williams inspired by Charles Baudelaire



CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821-1967)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudelaire

One dumb mouse tore apart the whole damn house

ATC from Theresa Williams inspired by Sherman Alexie


SHERMAN ALEXIE (1966-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Alexie

Inspired by Richard Diebenkorn

From Rebecca Guyver, UK (Vispo book 1 contributions)


RICHARD DIEBENKORN (1922-1993)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Diebenkorn

GHOST WRITING

From Cheryl Penn, South Africa
Oh Mona!

Dying is hard but living is harder still!

VISPO BOOK 1 contributions by Cheryl Penn, South Africa
Oh Vincent!

THE EATERS OF NIGHT

Large painted envelope for David Stone, USA
around another fragment of his poem The crystal band:

The eaters of night
cast half chewed
galaxies through
the iron gate

LET OUR SCARS FALL IN LOVE

Large painted envelope for Frank and Witta Jensen in Denmark
around a verse from The book of nightmares by Galway Kinnell

HILL 60

poppies blood
on the green grass
on the hills of mud
away they pass

Poem and acrylic on canvas by Jan Theuninck, Belgium

NIGHT TOWN

New poetry edition published by Phrygian Press, New York, 2012
Poems by David Stone
Cover and illustrations by Guido Vermeulen

LES SECRETS IMPORTANTS DE L’INSTANT

New booklet by John Bennett, Cover by Guido Vermeulen

THE INNOCENT SLEEPERS ARE ALWAYS GUILTY

Small painted envelope for Laura Podob, USA
Inspired by KAFKA, who else?

HYDROGEN MOUTHS

3d «illustration» around a new poem by David Stone called THE CRYSTAL BAND.
Fragment:

Hydrogen mouths yelled
Devious voices
abhored time

RED ROOFTOP

LE SAPIN GEMIT

SOUS LA PLUIE PERSISTANTE

LE TOIT DE TUILES ROUGES

BRILLE DE L HUMIDITE ORAGEUSE

...

LE SOLEIL APPARAIT





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TREE POST

From Imelda Wubben, The Netherlands
around 2 poetry fragments by M. VASALIS