Six Poems

Poetry by Michael Klausman
The Claw and the Cape, by Alberto Regueira. Copyright/courtesy the artist.



Rotting Telepathies


I thought
you what

I used
to know

what you
know now

Preppers at the Fairground


top
experts

hands
on

work
shops

the best
gear

& food
storage

for
instance

buckets
of

oat
meal

new
patches

brass
tactics

a natural
shelter

faraday
cage

latent
rage

sooner
& later

walking
shrill

we're out
standing

in your
field

Petit Écolier


teeth
crunching on

foil the
third battle

of the
marne

is an
adult

play
ground

where
we

have cookies
for breakfast

whoo, i
mean, oui

Testimony Of My Misfortune


Getting
killed
by Shrek
I munch
sour
grapes
a chomper
in ear
shot
the art
in my
inbox
inventing
my own
reality
I'm riding
a wheel
it's a
square

Full Mood Last Night


the party's
over,

it was a
good time,

you can tell,
all the

cabinet doors
got left open,

that said,
I never

liked
games,

assorted
dice,

striped
bananas,

the hairy
kite’s

coming
right now

thru the
breach

the sun
gazing

searing
my dome

like
snow

run
over

by a
hot sled

Is Love Eunuch


rocking
my life

away
no one

ever
asks

me
about

my
t-shirt

great
balls

of
fire

tho
to be

fair
it is

"quite
subtle"

Michael Klausman

Michael Klausman is a writer & editor who lives in Colorado. With Whit Griffin he co-edits & publishes the little mag, Luigi Ten Co. With Patrick Tillery, he co-edits & publishes Wry, a small press focused on both new and archival poetry and artists’ books. In the last couple of years he has edited & published Skip Tracing, by Ken Bluford, a collection of lost & recovered poems by the shadowy beat-era figure, Paolo Lionni, a previously unreleased manuscript (“The Cobra King”) by the neglected queer English modernist poet, Oswell Blakeston, as well as a cassette release of a c.1969 audio cut-up by Clark Coolidge. Under the moniker Fielding Daws, he releases sound works for the record label, Love All Day. He is currently working on bringing out some unpublished works by poet Frank Kuenstler. His own books include Aeolian Darts (Séance Centre), and The End of the Poem (NFMP).

Alberto Regueira

Alberto Regueira, born in 1994 in Havana, Cuba, is a visual artist currently living and working in Havana. His primary focus is painting, though he also explores printmaking, and drawing.

He began his studies in 2011 at the “San Alejandro” Academy of Visual Arts, where he experimented with sculpture, printmaking, and installation. In 2016, he enrolled at the Superior Institute of Art (ISA), concentrating solely on painting. In 2020, he completed his graduation and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts.

His artwork serves as a narrative expression of esoteric themes, weaving analogies and symbols into a rich tapestry of meanings that connect the everyday with the mystical. His painting style centers on the oil technique and draws inspiration from classic painting landscapes, infused with surrealistic elements.

Regueira has showcased his work in numerous exhibitions, both in Cuba and internationally, including in Switzerland and the United States.