over the newsfeed,
I remain fascinated by the placement
of articles, finding revelations in the margins,
the empty spaces that outline the view
of articles, finding revelations in the margins,
the empty spaces that outline the view
today, side by side, an artist staged a surprise
shredding of his painting that sold for
$1.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction,
shredding of his painting that sold for
$1.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction,
while next door, in the Congo, 50 villagers burned
to death, hoping to salvage leaking fuel from an
over-turned tanker truck before it burst into flames –
over-turned tanker truck before it burst into flames –
the Sotheby article took up
considerably more space
considerably more space
© Lianne Kamp
Lianne Kamp resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Her poems and short stories appear in assorted print journals and on-line publications including: Poets Reading the News, Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, Dime Show Review, Scarlet Leaf Review, Poetry Quarterly, Dual Coast Magazine, and a number of Prolific Press anthologies. She writes poetry to make her world-view more panoramic by examining it more closely.
