Michael Schiavo


Poems

 

 

These are dub versions of Shakespeare's Sonnets 144-148 from Buds. Dub, not erasure, is the method, as the emphasis is on the bringing forth of the two words per line, rather than the veiling of the remaining words in the line. The dubbed words are then arranged into couplets, & the couplets formed into a branch. The effect, I hope, draws the reader forward, "down" through the bud while a tension is created within the reader that makes her simultaneously start reading backwards & "up," forming a circle that intersects with the other buds.

 

 

 

WOOING WITH

 

     loves

     of

 

     spirits

     do

 

     better

     is

 

spirit

a

 

     win

     my

 

     better

     my

 

     &

     my

 

wooing

with

 

     that

     be

 

     yet

     tell

 

     being

     from

 

one

another’s

 

     yet

     know

 

     my

     one

 

 

 

 

 

EVER SWEET

 

     love’s

     make

 

    sound

    said

 

     me

     for

 

when

 my

 

     heart

     come

 

    ever

    sweet

 

    used

    gentle

 

taught

anew

 

     altered

     end

 

    followed

    day

 

     night

     a

 

heaven

away

 

     from

     away

 

    my

    saying

 

 

 

 

 

THOU MANSION

 

     soul

     my

 

    earth

    powers

 

     within

     &

 

painting

outward

 

     large

     so

 

    thou

    mansion

 

     shall

     of

 

up

end

 

     soul

     servant’s

 

    &

    store

 

     divine

     of

 

within

without

 

     shall

     thou

 

    once

    more

 

 

 

 

 

MY LONGING

 

     my

     longing

 

    for

    longer

 

     on

     the

 

uncertain

to

 

     reason

     my

 

    are

    not

 

     me

     I

 

desire

did

 

     past

     reason

 

    &

    evermore

 

     thoughts

     discourse

 

random

truth

 

     thought

     bright

 

    art

    dark

 

 

 

 

 

MARVEL MISTAKE

 

     eyes

     love

 

    no

    sight

 

     have

     my

 

that

see

 

     fair

     false

 

    means

    world

 

     not

     love

 

love’s

true

 

     O

     be

 

    with

    with

 

     marvel

     mistake

 

sun

heaven

 

     love

     thou

 

    thy

    faults