13.01.2016 Views

Clockwise Cat Strikes Back

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Nonetheless, I have been rattled by her death; our exchanges online made a large psychic<br />

impact on me. Michelle was imbued with a depth of kindness and compassion that is<br />

rarely witnessed. I am so thankful to have known her, however fleetingly. And I am so<br />

sorry her precious life was so cruelly cut short, and that she had to endure such pain.<br />

I am going to pay tribute to Michelle in the best way I can - by allowing her poetry to<br />

flow through me and to magnify my own verse.<br />

Michelle, you were uncommonly kind and uncommonly talented. May you now find the<br />

peace you so richly deserved in your brief, brief life.<br />

“I stroll amid the blended sounds while I search for syllables to describe the moon<br />

arranged in awkward slices. Early spring and the north wind have me shivering. I set fire<br />

to my memory; I funnel color after color, shape after shape into the flames. Afterwards<br />

heat evaporates the night and the ashy wind seethes farewells into the darkness, walling<br />

themselves into and around better sound.”<br />

(Michelle Greenblatt, “Into and Around Better Sound”)<br />

Editor’s note: The poems in this issue are adorned with images from female <br />

Dadaists and Surrealists (such as Toyen and Hannah Hoch), among other artists.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!