CAConrad has been working with the ancient technologies of poetry and ritual since 1975. They are the author of AMANDA PARADISE, forthcoming from Wave Books in 2021. Their book While Standing in Line for Death won a Lambda Literary Award. They also received a Creative Capital grant, a Pew Fellowship, and a Believer Magazine Book Award. They teach at Columbia University in New York City and Sandberg Art Institute in Amsterdam. Please view their books, essays, recordings, and upcoming events at bit.ly/88CAConrad.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GOLDEN IN THE MORNING CRANE OUR NECKS
ON ALL FOURS I AM A SEAT FOR THE WIND
ACCLIMATING TO DISCOMFORT OF THE SYSTEM BREAKING BENEATH US
900 CHOCOLATE HEARTS A MINUTE AT THE CANDY FACTORY
AUGURIES CAST ASIDE
ONLY IN STACKING BOOKS CAN THE TREE FEEL ITS WEIGHT AGAIN
DEATH WILL SET YOUR DAY RIGHT
BATHE THE DOOR WITH BLOOD OF THE CENTAUR
FOR THE FERAL SPLENDOR THAT REMAINS
ALTERED AFTER TOO MANY YEARS UNDER THE MASK
EMBEDDED SIGNAL TO SHAKE THE DAY
NO ONE HOLDING IT SHUT
YOU CANNOT RETURN A STRETCHED MIND
GLITTER IN MY WOUNDS
WE VANISH INTO ONE ANOTHER AS NEEDED
IMPALED BY SHARP POINTS OF WONDERMENT
DIVING INTO THE PREMONITION
THE ASKING PRICE
ENCIRCLING THIS DAY WITH CENTIPEDE COORDINATION
CAMISADO
ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
AMERICA'S ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT WHILE THE WARS RAGE ON
MEMORIES OF WHY I STOPPED BEING A MAN
45 MINUTES TO RESCUE THE PHOTO ALBUM BEFORE THE GARBAGE TRUCK ARRIVES
MURDER IS AGAINST A RULE SOMEWHERE THAT IS NOT AMERICA
!! !
VISIT A LIVING BEING TO EAT WHAT FALLS FROM THEIR BODY
72 CORONA TRANSMUTATIONS
The (Soma)tic Poetry Ritual:
Resurrect Extinct Vibration
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
