The avant-garde marched up a cul-de-sac,
And “Forward!” they keep shouting from the back.
They bang their knees and noses on the wall,
They’re just as fucked as Arthur was by Paul.
John Gibbens
(text and graphic)
The avant-garde marched up a cul-de-sac,
And “Forward!” they keep shouting from the back.
They bang their knees and noses on the wall,
They’re just as fucked as Arthur was by Paul.
John Gibbens
(text and graphic)
I don’t get it.
Also, the image doesn’t work.
Comment by Fergus on 10 May, 2012 at 8:28 pmThe image is now working. The quatrain is a wry comment on avant-garde poetry with a sly allusion to the relationship between Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine in what the latter refers to as ‘that city from the Bible’.
Comment by Editor on 18 May, 2012 at 10:52 amRidiculous! Absurd! Disgusting!
Comment by JohnGibbens on 14 June, 2012 at 5:28 pmto quote A Rimbaud’s critique of A Rimbaud’s works