January 19th, 2013
John Gosslee
PORTRAIT OF AN INNER LIFE
a mansion
inside a hovel
an elephant
trapped in a swallow
the claw at the end
of a roar
a knob
without a door
—from Rattle #37, Summer 2012
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John Gosslee
PORTRAIT OF AN INNER LIFE
a mansion
inside a hovel
an elephant
trapped in a swallow
the claw at the end
of a roar
a knob
without a door
—from Rattle #37, Summer 2012
Love it, John! Especially the way the form unfolds and expands the same way each image does.
This is so beautiful. Well-done.
Despite
not being
an Orientalist
I walk upright
my feet
on the ground
i found this poem with John Gosslee signature in a sealed bottle that washed ashore in the San Francisco bay and there was little paper inside that said 32/150
I found it April 20 2013
I found a poem in a bottle in the Cumberland River in Nashville TN, with John Gosslee’s signature on the poem. Which is called, “portrait of an inner life” such an amazing find. It’s number 41/150. Anyone know any more details about this find? Email if so. Thanks. @codymills7@hotmail.com
John Gosslee dropped 100 of those bottles in rivers and seas while he was on a reading tour last month. For more on him go http://www.fjordsreview.com/ Neat that you found one.
By the way if you want to contact me John gosslee my email is
chasemyers13@yahoo.com