Category: Jay’s Poetry
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FIRST LIGHT
(Art Willem de Kooning) – (Poem Jay Simpson) First Light Morning stumblesbroken dialogue first lightblurred vision weeks agoempty room first stanzatired rhythm half breathfather’s death stumbling blockconstancy pursed lips bedroom folly free formlost synergy turn cornersslow burners warm throatlong fingers slow beatreturn repeat©jsimpsonart
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INSTALLATIONS
(Art Jasper Johns) – (Poem Jay Simpson) Installations Poetic incantation woman’s voice rivers flow earth stands still indelicate eyeballs insensitive passions wayward promises mangled agendas burnt cigarette blackened coffee gin’s tequila anonymity penny farthings elite machinations stock market conundrums cyber attacks future back travels through graveyards mirrors imperfection sells the title drummer’s down beat studio…
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HIGH KEY
(Art Antonin Artaud) – (Poem Jay Simpson) High Key Hostile sounds mesmerize audiences bring arguments to the fore sell dissonance at the marketplace muddle keys the signature riffle through neurotic manuscripts break pencils across ardent scores trivial trills are thrust into limelight notations removed burnt sacrificed conductor’s baton lost in battle timpani’s warning way too…
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DISORDER
(Art Otto Dix) – (Poem Jay Simpson) Disorder Scattered thoughts bouncing balls all the isms life’s decisions dullness’ daily grind the relocation frozen time pending promises lost worlds reverberations life’s retort moldy documents skewed words force of nature’s boisterous storm painful problems influential torment untruthful desires exploitation pay the price bite the bullet manage the…
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AGONY ECSTASY
Still from Robert Wiene’s Expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Poems Jay Simpson “So I got bored and left them there/They were just dead weight to me/Better down the road without that load” Neil Young Agony Agony walks through doorways shackled by years of neglect and pain sloshed by pouring rain and sludge silent as…
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LOST LOVERS
(Art Kay Sage) – (Poem Jay Simpson) Lost LoversEntangled moments superficial wounds character development cloudy skies solace in sunshine magnificent vistas trial by jury inexplicable suffering lost in wonderings hopeful conclusions spatial contractions’ life’s bloodlinemortal beings’ poetic rebellion replace the metaphor gather belongings isolated travelers’ melancholic folk songs pleasure receptors fall on deaf earswalk to…
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PERVERSE PRESSURE
(Art Emmy Bridgwater) – (Poem Jay Simpson) “I am not a man trapped in a woman’s body/but a woman held prisoner/in a world/expecting me to fit/into uncomfortable shoes/and walk with a certain swing of the hips/along roads that lead to alien pastures” Nancy Boutilier Perverse Pressure Stand alone blurred vision cobweb flurry detail forgotten unstable…
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VELVET TIMES
(Art Hans Bellmer) – (Poem Jay Simpson) Velvet Times Unforeseen hedonistic velvet times body doubles share the frame the queen’s stalemate classic film noir curses resound retractions rebound tattered handshakes cancerous tumors hit the headlines destroy balance elephants dance in endless circles lurk in corners hide in caves black lace black pearls silver lining’s unhealthy…
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DISTILLATION
(Art Hannah Höch) – (Poem Jay Simpson) “Most of our male colleagues continued for a long while to look upon us as charming and gifted amateurs, denying us implicitly any real professional status.” Hannah Höch Distillation Basic principles particles diminished mass media misogyny insert complexity fall on your sword exploit the canvas remove the image…
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