Eileen Tabios
from “HAY(NA)KU DEATH POEMS”
—written in the “reverse hay(na)ku” form to visually manifest disappearance
#16
Written during the 2018 Senate hearings regarding the nomination of Judge James Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
“Himpathy”—an awful
word, yet
accurate
note from violins
playing while
burning
Eileen R. Tabios has released over 50 collections of poetry, fiction, essays, and experimental biographies from publishers in nine countries and cyberspace. Her books include a form-based “Selected Poems” series, The In(ter)vention of the Hay(na)ku: Selected Tercets 1996-2019; THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL: Selected Visual Poetry (2001-2019); INVENT(ST)ORY: Selected Catalog Poems & New 1996-2015; and THE THORN ROSARY: Selected Prose Poems & New 1998-2010. More information is available at eileenrtabios.com.
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