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Poetry

Minimalism and the Abstract

by Maria Takolander
August 2004, no. 263

(for David)

 

je ne sais quoi
but it is written in the sound of this melange
of consonants and vowels that a blind
old impressionist defeats Duchamp

what a faux pas for freud

minä rakastan sinua
you see I do agree with igloos
but I can’t recall the language now I’m afraid
I’ve lost my Nordic goddess

but we share this music you and I

 


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