Poems
These are dub versions of Shakespeare's Sonnets 144-148 from Buds. Dub, not erasure, is the method, as the emphasis is on the bringing forth of the two words per line, rather than the veiling of the remaining words in the line. The dubbed words are then arranged into couplets, & the couplets formed into a branch. The effect, I hope, draws the reader forward, "down" through the bud while a tension is created within the reader that makes her simultaneously start reading backwards & "up," forming a circle that intersects with the other buds.
WOOING WITH
loves
of
spirits
do
better
is
spirit
a
win
my
better
my
&
my
wooing
with
that
be
yet
tell
being
from
one
another’s
yet
know
my
one
EVER SWEET
love’s
make
sound
said
me
for
when
my
heart
come
ever
sweet
used
gentle
taught
anew
altered
end
followed
day
night
a
heaven
away
from
away
my
saying
THOU MANSION
soul
my
earth
powers
within
&
painting
outward
large
so
thou
mansion
shall
of
up
end
soul
servant’s
&
store
divine
of
within
without
shall
thou
once
more
MY LONGING
my
longing
for
longer
on
the
uncertain
to
reason
my
are
not
me
I
desire
did
past
reason
&
evermore
thoughts
discourse
random
truth
thought
bright
art
dark
MARVEL MISTAKE
eyes
love
no
sight
have
my
that
see
fair
false
means
world
not
love
love’s
true
O
be
with
with
marvel
mistake
sun
heaven
love
thou
thy
faults
