Six Poems
by John M. Bennett
Funder
jonda ,jambda ,leaky nest nah flund
abda creabp hungk )norb mate( jeemp
sord nuh sled ,adda hip crunt ,mot
blambp eats nur stair cheeber .sloak !
hab hot reend :dungk bowl cleams
norda floop meant griztle .oucha oucha
drobp neh flork "fork" engine treebpt
.ahs nek hamdo :nage ehn loobp ot
blund ehn meat ?drok sand ehn nur
teet ,flinger bunst uhn rugg am
float ,nab ,cront duggy soont und
crastno nere chimping neeb ehn glort
Flumpnor
lung shed ,wetness dlangor koked
nepter chlum a gag :nenst nuh hemb
churner leg flent ,creedge dent ha
mper clorm :nuh chaem blorn ,wrist
mandor cleem blat ahn dempter
,chum ,cloac ,nedtner clong seemp
chur soup ,lomba dlent ,mlorta
seegle bent naw cheep slunk .clinst
.neb nor plong :ust cave jeweler
flaem asda drunk hornk blomber
fled a nape ,crimbp jlumble soom :
bunh jumper craved anh claembp nork
Blent
slont
hebdo
cheese
crunsta
denk
chatter
seemp
sloddor
chot
napta
trong
gristle
grunt
blendo slintwise
Fnort
cren denk uh slaem
)eedge flunder ,maest(
cobda brenk swuiet enst
.grees deh flemd ur costa
,flamd blrot mork ,enh jimp
Lidge
aspa dentic nura
sleem dendo funz
:speedna dremp ,uhn
grapin semd ur chon
.luba grent dlink
Lieb
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do
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John M. Bennett has published over 300 books and chapbooks of poetry and other materials. He was editor and publisher of LOST AND FOUND TIMES (1975-2005) and is Curator of the Avant Writing Collection at The Ohio State University Libraries. Richard Kostelanetz has called him “the seminal American poet of my generation.” His work, publications, and papers are collected in several major institutions, including Washington University (St. Louis), SUNY Buffalo, The Ohio State University, The Museum of Modern Art, and other major libraries.
