Five Poems
Short Sonnet
You’ve got a big anger problem
Even if the anger is justified.
You need to do something about that.
TXT
I can’t seem to get
the radio up here on 2 anymore
and all my station settings are gone.
The Human Abstract
physical distance
social intimacy
(a kind of poetry)
Truth Eludes, Truthfulness Nearby
Belief’s a kind of truth
Just as truth’s a form of belief
Believe me: the truth don’t
Set free, just does its thing
Like you, like me
The Father
Some say rule of law, but I say what I say goes
Some say democracy, but I say what I say goes
Some say justice, but I say what I say goes
Some say truth, but I say what I say goes
Some say liberty, but I say what I say goes
Some say equality, but I say what I say goes
Some say pandemic, but I say what I say goes
Some say climate change, but I say what I say goes
Some say elections, but I say what I say goes
Some say free press, but I say what I says goes
for George Lakoff
on Mother’s Day
Charles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein’s work was the subject of The Poetry of Idiomatic Insistences, edited by Paul Bove, the Fall 2021 issue of boundary 2. He is the author of Topsy-Turvy (University of Chicago Press, 2021) and Pitch of Poetry (Chicago, 2016).
June Gutman
June Gutman is a Jewish, self-taught artist living in Montreal, Canada. Gutman’s artwork ranges in style, media, and subject matter becoming a vibrant forum for her to explore ideas about psychology, art history, self knowledge, and the ways “mental illness” - as defined by mainstream psychiatry - has caused her personal harm.
Gutman is an unbelievably prolific artist whose work may be best defined by its focus on “The Terror” - a haunting psychological state that can produce a nightmarish sensation akin to psychedelia or mystical transcendentalism. Through her work, she attempts to relieve the pain of this “Unreality” while also exploring the opaque nature of thought and the human mind.
Intuitive yet focused, horrible yet humorous, Gutman ventures into the deep recesses of the psyche finding delicate connections wedged in its corners like an archeologist dusting through the layers of a palimpsest. References run through art history with ventures into pop culture and even extraterrestrial beings. Works give the uncanny sensation of being anachronistic, complex, and radically unique.
Written by Kishka Gallery