“In poetry, non-knowing is a primal condition.”

In poetry, non-knowing is a primal condition.”

after Gaston Bachelard (The Poetics of Space)

// consider image an expression 

   image which skill liquidates /

/ evidence exists for the images 

   paid as difficult phenomenology / 

/ successes dazzling /

// poetry be the space words like

   primal work / 

/ accompanied essential oeuvre

   knowledge exercise must make / 

/ start all dynamic / 

// start phenomenology wide 

   form freedom times / 

/ these place important 

   become minor skill / 

/ us art therefore /

 // a knowledge poetic //

Sources:

Source text chosen randomly from Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space (p36 in the Penguin edition from the Introduction) then run sequentially through these online cut-up generators, followed by a final manual cut-up. Line breaks and solidus added.

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JP Seabright (she/they) is a queer disabled writer living in London. They have six solo pamphlets published and four collaborations, encompassing poetry, prose and experimental work. They have been nominated for Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Forward Prize, and shortlisted (twice) for a Saboteur Award for Best Collaborative Work. More info at https://jpseabright.com via Twitter/X @errormessage and @jpseabright everywhere else.