"Concrète Dasein", "Syllabic Idyllic", "Revenge of Venus"...by Rose Knapp

Concrète Dasein

What if Dasein encompassed the theoretical

And the concrete? What if Dasein is

A type of alien music? What if Dasein was spiritual?

Syllabic Idyllic

Harsh IED implosions rocket across

The asemic syllabic skyline

Leaving priestly Latin and lingua francas

Mutated and transformed

Revenge of Venus

Walls of static white noise crash and cascade

Colliding collaging with broken

Beatific falsetto melodies, perfection in imperfection

Pindaric Arc of Stars

Radiant resplendent red brush over Andromeda’s

Side eyed shadows, stars burst in cacophonous

Eruption, volcanic stardust evolving to life

Sibyllic Idyllic

Screeching wailing serene sirens of Shiva’s shadows

Lashing through the scorching Minneapolis summer,

Reminding the free jazz club that we are not in utopia yet

Rose Knapp (she/they) is a poet and electronic producer. She has publications in Lotus-Eater, Bombay Gin, BlazeVOX, Hotel Amerika, Fence Books, Obsidian, Gargoyle, and others. She has poetry collections published with Beir Bua Press, Hesterglock Press, and Dostoyevsky Wannabe. She lives in Minneapolis. Find her at roseknapp.net, on Twitter @Rose_Siyaniye, and on Instagram @roseknapp_