Crossfall Deliberates *
Heller Levinson
peripheral putter
option skirt
mull
in the dispose of falter this
soothsay amethyst tome hapless Baedecker
how much of
the approach
governs
direction
swirling djinns, micro-splits, infinitesimal stabs,
outfling – probe
forage, flange, pique, . . . geomancy
the corruption of space into slivers,
facets committed to an
inveterate peek-a-boo, dismantling
vectors, spirited, rogue,
interstitial
impervious to resolution, roaming the ungroomed, dislodged, sheathed
in bewilder, . . . palpitant
gather
heed
*Crossfall: “The transverse sloping of a roadway toward the shoulder or gutter on either side.” Outpouring from this term are notions of suspension, liminality, threshold, meander, trespass, flaneur, rebellion -- off the beaten track, the roadway, the routed -- passageway, transition, initiation, and more.
Heller Levinson lives in the lower Hudson Valley. His most recent books are QUERY CABOODLE, SHIFT GRISTLE (Black Widow Press, 2023), and THE ABYSSAL RECITATIONS (Concrete Mist Press, 2024). VALVULAR ASH is slated for a spring 2024 publication (Black Widow Press). His book, LURE, won the 2022 Big Other Poetry Book Award. Read a recent review.