7 Poems for Spiral Orb

Kyle Schlesinger

 

 

 

                                                     

PICTURE

 

standing

next

to

you

 

 

 

 

AS IF

 

here

I

am

 

 

 

 

COAST

 

goes

and

goes

and

goes

 

 

 

 

WHENEVER

 

you

feel

like

it

 

 

 

 

CALYPSO

 

better

go

see

 

 

 

 

BIG DEAL

 

only

to

me

 

 

 

 

BETTER ASK

 

for

another

 

 

 

 

 

 

~~~~~

Kyle Schlesinger is a poet who writes and lectures on typography and artists’ books. Recent books include Commonplace (Cuneiform, 2011); Bad Words to the Radio and Other Poems (Least Weasel, 2011); Picture Day (Electio Editions, 2011); What You Will (NewLightsPress, 2012) and Seeing Things (Chax Press, 2012). Poems & Pictures: A Renaissance in the Art of the Book, was published in 2010 by the Center for Book Arts in conjunction with an exhibition that traveled from New York City to Houston, to Buffalo, to Chicago. He is an Assistant Professor of Communication Design at UHV and proprietor of Cuneiform Press.