by Ann Bogle
Frontiers Yugoslavia Thirty Notwithstanding
(after Tristan Tzara)
Responsible badly countries,
circumstances better to that, powerlessness.
Women these gender-determined “pluralist” condition
Soviet as overall the
Women societies little countries.
Have official legal countries,
do precisely behalf
develop world domestic
mostly increasingly and simultaneously to want
can outstrip West.
Their laws have that capitalist
guaranteeing to difficulties who Union.
Countries are individuals over,
most in this women that work themselves;
Time does the condition mean
not in expected themselves and women's for past same.
And not jobs, labor pronouncements.
To women added is decade.
Europe equal the driven
own by women child-raising
the 4-R group. Beyond characterizes fight.
Many ally just their changes.
Far East backward faced these and those
person-paid, have above on women be energy at
industrial rights.
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I wrote this poem in 1987. It was published in onedit along with two other poems from my chapbook, dog barks up a tree at the apple left in it under a deerslim moon (Orium Press for Dusie Kollektiv, 2009):
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I know what Tom Stoppard would say--
He is sort of anti da da and Tzara in particular
unsystematic language undoing authority. 'after Tzara,'this seems a likely furthering
just read this one, ann. very cool!
I wanted $100 k for this poem at auction.
I enjoy the playfulness in your writing. You seem to really enjoy pushing the boundaries of convention and, at times, intelligibility. Brave work, indeed.