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yo-yo Tokyo peyote
okay
opium Pinocchio
go-go dance akimbo
baby
bebop obliggato
pop a pill
to play
day-glo
pinball
pogo-jump
a ping-pong
ball
judo-kick
a ding-dong
bell
lob a bomb
to bomb
pop-art
gewgaws
Ubu buys Enola Gay
pygmy lollapalooza
zoo
kazoo bazooka
big
igloo palooka
kooky gobbledygook
eureka kabuki
yucky
blue buckaroo
kinky
pink pachinko
cuckoo kaboom
Hear the author read the piece (1:33, 1.4 megs)
rotozaza whipsaw
zoom
zang
tu m' tu m' dada
roborama buzzsaw
buzz
bazooka buzzbomb
bang zang
zing zing zipgun
zulu
acid jazz
is zaum jiujitsu
xerox juggernaut
jaws of a jigsaw
ripsaw zumburook
blunderbuss boom
gyrozaza hacksaw
dire
doom
dynamite cadenza
razorama circsaw
merz
berserkers curse
each
law which causes
rust on scissors
chainsaw maniacs
hijack high-tech
tick-tock clocks
as klaxons klang
gangs of gung-ho
guys
with axes
battling gatling
guns
attack boomboxes
oxyacetylene sun
Hear the author read the piece (1:27, 1.3 megs)
Christian Bök is the author of Eunoia (Coach House Books, 2001), which won the Griffin Prize for Poetic Excellence (2002). Crystallography (Coach House Press, 1994), his first book of poetry, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (1995). Bök created artificial languages for two television shows: Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict and Peter Benchley's Amazon. His conceptual artworks (which include books built out of Rubik's Cubes and Lego Bricks) appeared at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York City as part of the exhibit Poetry Plastique. Bök currently teaches in the Department of English at the University of Calgary.
The audio files we feature here are from the Segue Reading at Double Happiness, New York, May 19th, 2001. You will need an MP3 player to hear the visual poems read, such as the free Winamp.