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Rodrigo Toscano is the author of To Leveling Swerve (2004), Platform
(2003), The Disparities (2002), and Partisans (1999). He is also the
artistic coordinator and writer for the Collapsible
"Swivillization and its bearings grinding—listen." This is la cumbre, el culmen de los cruzares, the heights of the crossing, not in borders, but in tongues, English for now . . . inclinado, torcido, bent in its desire to Level. "Into a language I don't speak alarms an attack" Who thought of, who pushed the tongue like a finger into the wound of this empire of fear, who? "QUICQUAM WHICHEVER LOCKED INTO A PATH OF CALVINIST SUPERSTITION LEADERS PRESSED FEARS ONTO FEARS" Feels not like "poetry" in the usual sense, but as thought form, moving across the page, a living thing, a word animus. César Vallejo said poetry did not change the world, only the human "heart." He probably meant "heart" in the Andean sense: sonqo, spirit and consciousness. - Cecilia Vicuña on To Leveling Swerve COLLAPSABLE POETICS THEATER Poetics Theater is a test of poetry. The Collapsible Poetics Theater is an all volunteer effort, one that assembles itself within a given 24 hour period of each performance. Each locale (with its resident poets, experienced actors, experienced non-actors) brings an entirely new set possibilities. It is reminiscent of Commedia Dell'Arte in its traveling, portable, rapid-set up qualities. To be sure, Poetics Theater fits into the poetry scene as a baby does in itchy burlap; it fits into the drama scene as does a little crown, little scepter, little gown, all neatly stored in a metal suitcase (quite literally!). The dings are just dings. The persistent question is: can the poem be tested any further? |
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