Even when Death inhabits a poem, he does not own it. He is a squatter. In fact, Death owns nothing. – Todd Moore
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Rothko’s Saffron (1957) Commie bastard, Kraut-lovin’ Jew. That ain’t no kinda work, not for a real man. A man needs a career! How you gonna fuckin’ live? I’ll show you spiritual emptiness! Unpublished poem from the Precis of Genius project Continue reading Rothko’s Saffron (1957) by Hosho McCreesh
Cezanne’s The House with Burst Walls (1892–1894) And so it begins, the end, so begins the betrayals, the nattering on, all their constant fucking noise. Hortense, Zola, all of them can go fucking screw. A genius needs only solitude. Unpublished Continue reading Cezanne’s The House with Burst Walls (1892–1894) by Hosho McCreesh
de Kooning’s Untitled (1966) An afterthought, really, dashed-off to get to the fucking, there, boom, now gimme some. She’s lean, spread-eagled, dolled-up, thigh-highs, a mad-scribble thatch of hair, pussy like a devil’s claw. Unpublished poem from the Precis of Genius Continue reading de Kooning’s Untitled (1966) by Hosho McCreesh
Matisse’s Self Portrait (1906) It’s both actually, both— angry sneer and defeat— his new paintings largely failures. And doubt, jezus, crippling doubt, suspicious stares, though still some life there, some light, just a shred to cling to… Unpublished poem from Continue reading Matisse’s Self Portrait (1906) by Hosho McCreesh
Pollock’s Alchemy (1947) What a cruel bitch, a ferocious cunt, this painting. Lines, and dabs, and swirls — even he doesn’t know what he’s doing…just that he’s gripped by an unnamed pain, that sacrilegious, horrific, beautiful pain. Unpublished poem from Continue reading Pollock’s Alchemy (1947) by Hosho McCreesh
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