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matthew rohrer
1.
You have to have
a fly’s eyes to
see this a form
has someone attached to it
it is like
going to church for
the very young
the mystery seems within reach
and someone’s hand did
this we think we
see an ancient alphabet
of paint on canvas
within reach or a mind
enough with abstraction
we all said we
never agreed
with emotional corruption
that girl walking
into the next gallery
what about her ass
2.
Doctor why do I feel
like this a mysterious
overcast daydream lives in
my bedroom which I
cannot escape by bus
or book I think
I like my own
mind when I see
this the real title
of this poem is
“an early work by
Philip Guston” or the
love of two sisters
which is impossible to
attain that is the
art of the bedroom
a little disorder roses
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Matthew Rohrer is the author of A HUMMOCK IN THE MALOOKAS, SATELLITE, A GREEN LIGHT, RISE UP and A PLATE OF CHICKEN. With Joshua Beckman he wrote NICE HAT. THANKS and recorded the audio CD ADVENTURES WHILE PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF BEAUTY. With Joshua Beckman and Anthony McCann he wrote the secret book GENTLE READER! It is not for sale. Octopus Books published his action/adventure chapbook-length poem THEY ALL SEEMED ASLEEP in 2008.
His poems have been widely anthologized and have appeared in many journals. He’s received the Hopwood Award for poetry and a Pushcart prize, and was selected as a National Poetry Series winner, and was shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize. Recently he has participated in residencies/ performances at the Museum of Modern Art (New York City) and the Henry Art Gallery (Seattle).
Matthew Rohrer was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was raised in Oklahoma, and attended universities in Ann Arbor, Dublin Ireland and Iowa City. He teaches in the creative writing program at NYU and lives in Brooklyn.
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