poetry – fahad baseer

need

Perhaps I wouldn’t write if my mouth lubricated itself during times I need it the most. Like when I stopped her at the door. Onlookers impatiently observing the distance between us and the door. Me trying to fit words into the most loaded minute. The minute between her and the door. The struggle of fittingContinue reading “need”

The Chance There Is No Chance

I think the reason I’m so attracted to indeterministic processes is because I actually don’t believe in chance and instead what I think happens is I’m opening the door for something that’s trying really hard to not be found. It’s that same strange thing that talks to you when you take over an eighth ofContinue reading “The Chance There Is No Chance”

Exploded poetry

Aside from social media marketing and blog promotion, scheduling apps such as Buffer can be used to write “exploded poems” An exploded poem incoorporates time in a new way. It can be thought of as a new form of concrete poetry. Instead of using physical space to enhance meaning, one can use temporal space. GapsContinue reading “Exploded poetry”

residue

Concretist in duck’s shoes A web of feet. Not webbed feet. Curled toes, talons, triumphs Curled around the memory It was often cold where Coldness was banned By the residue of a tribe Residual harm from a thought Residual as a skunk

Behavioral

things must behave in order for the toaster to toast. but I propose a toast to disorder in order to disturb a process one must make the claim that he/she is trying to harness chance for toast behavior is for the toaster and I am not toast + nontoast for how loaded is the toaster likeContinue reading “Behavioral”

of clusters and drones

the ebb and flow of clusters and drones the pressure of the audience what will emerge from it a crystal may form or a salamander leg and somewhere near a snake at a loss for words at the peak of thirst

New Sculpture!

This piece is titled “Music For 5 Notes And Found Sounds” It’s a 3D collage. It is made up of found objects embedded in resin. The objects are components left over from old projects gone haywire and other miscellaneous found items. I consider this piece to be a 3D collage because the process was completelyContinue reading “New Sculpture!”

Hidden Poetry

Lately I’ve been writing poems on panels and then collaging over them. It’s easier for me to send my poems out into the world this way. I”m sending my children out into cold storms of judgment with a heavy jackets on. I know these poems are warm and safe. No one will be able toContinue reading “Hidden Poetry”