Onoma : Writing

Hypostasis

Hypostasis

A Poem by Onoma


the sun squares off the tiles of northernEuropean roofing--with the buckingprims of tucked shadows.the shred-throat jellied gurgles ofstarlings, rehas..
Monstrous Vivacities

Monstrous Vivacities

A Poem by Onoma


monstrous vivacitiessee a Hippopotamusin a staunch-white,short skirt.with the papercut-rumplesof a tawdry lamp cover.doing the cha cha, undera cocktai..
Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifi..

A Poem by Onoma


*Inspired by the 1944 triptych painting by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon.
Golden Sporks

Golden Sporks

A Poem by Onoma


clay boutonnierein a kiln.plague doctors inbeaked masks--retrieving the semblageof a carnation.with golden sporksthe size of spatulas.split three and ..
Twice-place

Twice-place

A Poem by Onoma


Antarktikos...overlays truing north.so metaphor cantwice-place.the embedment ofmeaningbefore thing.
Foretelling Mist to Mist

Foretelling Mist to Mist

A Poem by Onoma


a decanter splits,quiet-like.under the opulentlypurple chestplate ofan exiled king.setting down windingstones, in a gardenforetelling mist.to mist.
Broken Silver Cords

Broken Silver Cords

A Poem by Onoma


there's a lycanthropewith broken silver cordsattached to it.leaping over a dropped jaw--that has eaten out of draggydream sequences.wearing the moon's..
Dented Ashcan

Dented Ashcan

A Poem by Onoma


a pigeon encasingits chest.extends a bassytrill.shimmying on thelid of a dented ashcan.pecking in and out with:yellow/red/blue marbles.(in no particul..
Sparkling Thru Wishbones

Sparkling Thru Wishbones

A Poem by Onoma


a relative hoist--and a panning frame.airport birds sparklingthru wishbones.
Fielding Palm and Finger

Fielding Palm and Finger

A Poem by Onoma


the sun takes the shapeof a spinning pottery wheel--hands of dark matterfielding palm and finger.