3 Poems

by Nathan Anderson

Cow (going) Cow (going) Cow

MOO!

                      And alternated
to

               a crow and contempt

***
                           transfixed to
*** 

             and
                       legless


‘where
have
all
   the
            floors

                             gone?’


not
here
anymore



                   
(are you here for it?)


the
what?


the
what?



                    THE CEREMONY

Volume without (rainfall//body//temple)

 

hamanahamanahamanahamanahamanahamana
etc.
etc.
etc.
etc.



                                                ■
                                                ■
                                                ■


cosine within not spoken


HARDLY
SPOKEN


                                 ((what not to do
                                    without
                                    slapdash))


return:://
return:://


-----------------------------this place is made
                       -----from uniforms



NEVER
AGAIN
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Waking without a hand to hairpin

syllable

                     {{if only as S  W  I  T  C  H}}


                    not
                      c
                      o
                      n
                      t
                      r
                      a
                      c
                      t
                      i
                      n
                      g


iii

                      iii


         iii


symptom in the swim swim swim
taking out the nothing and the
something within hair and
absenteeism


                    now
                       c
                       o
                       n
                       t
                       r
                       a
                       c
                       t
                       i
                       n
                       g

Nathan Anderson is a poet and artist from Mongarlowe, Australia. He is the author of numerous books and has had work appear widely both online and in print. He is a member of the C22 experimental writing collective. You can find him at nathanandersonwriting.home.blog or on Twitter/X/Bluesky @NJApoetry.