Friday
May222009
Hydrotherapy
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:47PM "Hydrotherapy", an animated poem by Ren Powell (Interactive version on website.)
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:47PM ![Ren [Katherine] Powell](/storage/website-header2.jpg "Ren [Katherine] Powell")
Exploring the Paritaxis of Images and Traditional Text: Sloppy Theory and Earnest Praxis
An argument for hyperrealist lit.
from Red-eared Slider:
Elvis is dead.
Somebody found him in his bathroom,
his head by the toilet bowl probably,
said Grandma.
Mamma's in Hawaii with her bowling league.
We're sitting on the couch with Grandma,
watching the news.
Toby must have climbed my dresser drawers.
Lucky the whole thing didn't topple.
Now he sits on the couch,
his hands an incubator, a lean-to, a tomb:
Grandma's roots shine
like Christmas tinsel,
Toby's petting
my fish.
Elvis's big, pale face
wobbles in the footage,
singing Blue Hawaii.
from "Red-eared Slider", from mixed states, 2004
Wigestrand Publishers
reprinted with permission at Fiera Lingua
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:47PM 
Reader Comments (1)
Ren, this is great. I love the wording throughout and the pictures just illuminate the words further. Wonderful work. Have a great weekend.