PERSISTENCIA is proud to present Plain Speak/Sweet Speak, a dynamic collaboration between G Emil Reutter and Phil Primeau. The double chap of "plain sweet poetry" consists of two parts: the base text and the "remixed" text.

From the Editor's Intro:

This chapbook demonstrates not only the versatility of language, but also the necessity of subtextual examination. It allows reflection on cultural and linguistic patterns and forces the reader to consider the flexibility of the written unit. To the regret of elementary school grammar teachers everywhere, a piece of literature is not a sandwich. It is not a discreet continuum with a beginning, middle, and end. Rather, it is an onion. It is a rug of thickly woven thematic and narrative elements.

Four from Plain Speak/Sweet Speak:


porch (Reutter)

cool breeze
chimes ring
humidity dissipates
chair rocks
in rhythm
darkness of
night arrives
settling down
contentment sets in
as fire fly
dances in
the night air

Love Seat (Primeau)

Chimes dissipate through

humidity, the night
settles in rhythm

with our chair.

One firefly
over there.


* * * * * * * *

moment (Reutter)

she sits
on edge of bed
long wavy hair
covering frame
silhouetted by
early morning sun
i sit up
our bodies meet
her head rests
upon my shoulder
a moment frozen
in time
a moment
that will always
be in my mind


Seconds (Primeau)

She sits on wavy hair
in a long frame

by
early morning sun!

Bodies sit up
in us, we meet
frozen

her head rests
upon)

this will always
be in mind.


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