JENNIFER SPECTOR

 

 

Kinematic

                Le silence éternel de ces espaces infinis m’effraie - Blaise Pascal

 

                               velocity at the valves
of body
                        a sieve               sound uncrowded
like a moon probe

obey the audition
tune with new ear
            vane of roof
              crosshatching

    — the physical v.
the signal

            they speak of the horn in the hunt
a soundmark
    sure, the wolfbeat again

original sonic event
aural presence
slipping the source

                leads to the pinwheel —

        it starts with the sky
    moves inward
the fore impulse

come, stage right:
    physical
                        or jester

        tempus stows breves
creeps at the strand

swarms the object
    absorbing passes

                & with her paddle and aulos

alterity glides the intervals
    in her willow coracle
               dwellan
disheveled like all ancient things

                                         a shepherdess
        at the swamplands     ear to the sheepbells
    gaging the state of her flock

yes,               she hears music at the valves
    trilling the skerry

welling the ear
    broom doling thew

out like felt dashes        quick to
                swathe rough vibrissae

                & in        thatching the roundhouse
                                                                


Jennifer Spector’s recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fulcrum, Reliquiae, Litmus Magazine, Tzak: a journal of poetry and poetics, Performance Studies International #21-Fluid States, and in the anthology chapbook, Suelo, vol. 1. She holds an M.A. in Literature from the City College of New York and a B.A. in Literature from Bennington College. Born and raised in New York City, she lives in Panama.
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