this book was written collaboratively by joshua beckman and matthew rohrer, and from what i can tell, they recorded the poems with a microphone in public parks and other areasi like the size of this book and the texture of the cover. it is 64 pages, and it was published in 2002
the poems are organized by their length: two lines, three lines, four lines, five lines, long poems, and a note on process
i liked the short poems in this collection. i got a feeling from them that was similar to haiku. they have one or two things, and that’s it
i like this. it is straight up
Leaving
Manhattan
tomorrow.
there were also a lot of lines that were funny to me
and this
Standing and walking
are two of my favorites.
i didn’t like the longer poems as much, but i still liked reading them for some of their individual lines
Believe me.
I’m healthy.
this book is from wave books and can be bought here or here
more on joshua beckman here, more on matthew rohrer here
