Poetry. The poems in this volume are but representatives of Gordon Massman's life-long project, now 1193 poems deep, each merely numbered in the order it was written, and which when completed will form a psychographic autobiography. This self-analytical project is thus far passionately realized and rewardingly told in this unusual collection. From 370: If I could stick my tongue through the fat portion/ of my palm, completely through so that it waggles on/ the other side, like a worm or a soft sword; there/ I would find God: an ordinary tongue, an ordinary/ hand, but an extraordinary moment -- the tongue penetrating/ the soft lips of a hand which water -- close around it/ when withdrawn. God would be there -- I am certain -- / where the flesh gave way to the wetness, where the/ little opening parted for the rooting tip, magically.
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Gordon Massman divides his time between Medford, MA, and the island of Frenchboro, ME. Poems from THE ESSENTIAL NUMBERS have appeared in THE NUMBERS (Pavement Saw Press) as well as in Exquisite Corpse, The Harvard Review, The New York Quarterly, Pleiades, Tarpaulin Sky, and elsewhere.
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