Poetry. From THE ESSENTIAL NUMBERS: "1715": "It is unimportant to me whether anyone reads these poems / or their assessment of them should they, I do not care under / whose name they are published, nor could I care less what / literary critics say about them, praise or condemnation, / nothing could be more vapid than some academic advanc- / ing his career on my efforts or within institutionally accept- / able parameters pushing my reputation this way or that, / most contemporary poetry is shit as is the industry that sur- / rounds it and I want no part of it, if I am harsh so be it, if / I am angry then that is life, if I have hurt my consanguineous / they are co-conspirators in their pain, nothing in this work / bears false witness nor have I broken one commandment, / I am a decent man imbued with a religious spirit and cap- / able of love, I have noticed the world is full of cowards."

The Essential Numbers 1991-2008

Literature & Fiction

Massman, Gordon

Poetry

Tarpaulin Sky Press

<p>Poetry. The poems in this volume are but representatives of Gordon Massman's life-long project, now 1193 poems deep, each merely numbered in the order it was written, and which when completed will form a psychographic autobiography. This self-analytical project is thus far passionately realized and rewardingly told in this unusual collection. From 370: If I could stick my tongue through the fat portion/ of my palm, completely through so that it waggles on/ the other side, like a worm or a soft sword; there/ I would find God: an ordinary tongue, an ordinary/ hand, but an extraordinary moment -- the tongue penetrating/ the soft lips of a hand which water -- close around it/ when withdrawn. God would be there -- I am certain -- / where the flesh gave way to the wetness, where the/ little opening parted for the rooting tip, magically.</p>

The Numbers

Pavement Saw Press

Poetry. Gordon Massman's 0.174: THE COMPLETE NUMBERS CYCLE is an intricate exposure of the self. In this 20 years' culmination of work, he has dared to make the invisible visible. Perhaps on some level a perverse project, 0.174 lays open in depth-confession, in laboratory precision Massman's innermost fantasies, obsessions, urges, and fears which might, he hopes, provide at least a splintered reflection into one's own humanity. In either case—whether private or universal—here opens an increasingly cathartic examination of Massman's particular psychology observed as acutely and honestly as he is capable. In so doing he has treated what mainstream society generally considers vulgar or unsavory, as valuable and often beautiful. It is his hope that some who attempt this book will agree that all human thought and feeling is worthy of song. Often satirical in tone, this book represents the nekyia, the down, inward going, of an epic tale that is life itself.

0.174: The Complete Numbers Cycle

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The Essential Numbers 1991-2008

The Numbers

0.174: The Complete Numbers Cycle