From Hypnopompic Diaries Book 3: Apophenic Epiphanies


charged

                                    positively

or negatively

with charges

                         or crimes

or with tasks

 

open seal postulate      criminal appreciation mentor

bustles voluminous creatine pool floatie

extinguished fanfare apostle breaks    a momentary clavicle decision

to unveil post-zero wave bender

6/26/2021

Steve Carll lives with his family in Arcata, California. His third full-length poetry collection, Hypnopompic Diaries (Books One and Two) is out February 2024 from Alien Buddha Press. Earlier books include Tracheal Centrifuge (Factory School, 2006), Tao Drops, I Change (with Bill Marsh, Subpress, 2004), and several chapbooks. His work has recently appeared in SurVision, First Literary Review – East, and Reap Thrill. From 1988-1998, he edited the literary journal Antenym. Performance video of most of his poetry from 1991 to the present can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@stevecarll/videos.