Titulus Bl

Titulus Bl has bardic concern. It puts a title above a door: "Form Poetry
Is Not Dead." Even Christ had a title placed above his body when he was
concerned about something. So, this collection is a "signed" announcement &
question: It wonders how can language poetry's inquiry be found in the midst
of modernist form and riddle? How can language poetry, parable and verse
poetry be forged into a cleft in order to make a liminal, interstitial plane heft
in between a rock and a hard place? A riddling sign may be the only way out.
This is a very masculine and intentional collection. The poet considers Bahktin's
equivalencies, Bernstein's L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, the consequential in Harjo's
work and Derrida's commitment to tracing poetry to one's heart, "archive." In
this collection the poet is bl, in an expressed mood as well as satisfaction. It
is a sign, and it is a color. There are many puzzles, poetic forms, prose essays
and cohens. Just like the Titulus Crucis, it uses acrostic; it sacrifices itself and
seriousness in order to make an important claim: Form poetry is not dead.