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+^ lots of new poetry going on - been very productive lately. below is a very new work (just penned the first draft less than an hour ago) - (sub)urban decay. and below that is a new, extended revision of empty temple that i feel is much more striking. also have some new pieces in progress, one titled "flowers for blackflower" and another tentatively titled "transcending". transcending is shaping up to be a bit of a tour de force - it is rather long (by my standards) and is very self-referential. both of these poems should be posted here in about a week.
+^ began work on new portfolio or chapbook (haven't decided which one it is yet), entitled BLACKFLOWER, BLACKMOON. should be finished by late may. here's a glimpse of the in-progress cover jacket:
+^ eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new subconscious studios "from the vault" series. i'm sure that the new download (fixer) is going to be AMAZING, and i can't wait to hear the rest of the released material. glad to see these guys jumping on the reissue wagon. cEvin key hasn't released a single album that i don't care for, and i'm sure he's sitting on some incredible unreleased material. he recently posted on the litany forum that he and the subcon crew are working on a future DVD release - including HILT live. how amazing is that?
+^ getting into reading a lot of classic poetry, giving me some nice perspective. was reminded today that the line "rose, thou art sick" from coil's love's secret domain is from no other than william blake's classic (and excellent) "the sick rose".
the blake poem:
O Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy;
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy
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lyrics from coil's "love's secret domain":
Oh rose, thou art sick
Seduce.. let loose
The vision and the void
Blood sickle.. honey suck
In little children's heavy heads
My dreams erupt while in my bed
Innocence is dripping red
In dreams I walk with you
In dreams I talk with you
In dreams
You're mine
All of the time
Heads on fire and drunken lights
Days devoured by hungry nights
In love's secret domain
This is mad love
This is mad love
In love's secret domain
Sweet tortures fly on mystery wings
Pure evil is when flowers sing
My heart
My heart is a rose
Give sanity a longer leash
Some of us have sharper teeth
In love's secret domain
Oh rose, Thou art sick
The invisible worm
The vision and the void
The blood sickle cuts
And the honey sucks
Oh rose, thou art sick.
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coil and jhonn balance have a very understated influence on me. i'm quick to tell you that edward ka-spel, david tibet, and n. ogre are huge influences, but i neglect the strange and vibrant imagery of balance's work that sits on an equal pedestal with the above "trinity". i mean, look at "innocence is dripping red" - wow, powerful, overtly sexual, and yet somehow he retains that elusive subtlety. i am in constant awe. i also think that, out of all the above lyricists / poets i've listed, my poems most resemble balance's work in structure and phasing.
R.I.P.
why don't they release a book of his poetry
1 comment:
-looking forward to the new poems and the chapbook/portfolio if you choose to share that. i had one planned a couple years ago, poems are all done, but nothing ever came of it. i think i'll start toward a goal like that again once i've settled back into writing.
-i'm going to order from the vault this summer when i'm home, i can't wait to get all those cds :D
-blake is awesome, coil is awesome. i feel like coil's lyrics go unnoticed a bit, but "fire of the mind" features some of the most brilliant lyrics i have ever heard. it's so amazing i really wish i had wrote that *sigh* you should check out their album "and the ambulance died in his arms" it's a live performance and mr. balance does a lot of nice things with word play. like in one song he goes something like:
and we swallow each new red berry
and we swallow each red yew berry
and we swallow each dead yew berry
and we swallow each dead you bury
etc
it's so awesome, listen to it. i can see the influence now that you mention it, but didn't pick up on it before, a book of his words would be great, it wouldn't suprise me if they were thinking about doing something like that.
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