Limited Fork

This updated version of the full-length video poam is about how war and other physically, emotionally, and psychologically turbulent situations affect attempts to do laundry in an otherwise comfortable urban location.

Featuring more images by Ansted Moss, the update became necessary to make when an external hard drive failure destroyed some of the source files. The update is an outcome of salvage, replacement, and reinvention.

The sound poam portion comes from a print piece prepared for MiPO (mipoesias.com), guest edited by Evie Shockley. Thanks, Evie, for the occasion that led to these makings and remakings.

Short video poam form of "Monday Aardvark of Laundry." Features images by Ansted Moss and faces of Martha, Mattie, and Donna --thanks for the likenesses. Thanks also to Evie of MiPO who got this bifurcating Aardvark bifurcation started.

A video poam exploration of some of the visual potential of some of the content of the sound & text poams of the same name. This video poam is also for Evie of MiPO who asked me to submit some work. Thanks for getting this tine of the fork in motion. This video poam is not likely to be the final bifurcation. "Monday Aardvark of Laundry" contains images by Ansted Moss (see more of his visual work at abstract-projections.com) and Thylias Moss. The "Monday Aardvark" sound poam is available in the Limited Fork Music podcast. Thanks Mattie, Martha, and Donna for your wonderful faces.

Video poam treatment of "Verde," a prose piece available at poetrymagazine.org. The video includes Spanish by Federico Garcia Lorca from the poem "Somnambule Ballad," and a still image by Ansted Moss whose image work may be seen at abstract-projections.com. The soundtrack is available in Limited Fork Music.

Video poam short of the installation projection piece in three parts, each about 9.42 minutes long. Related to "Pi Song" and to the video poam "Tornado Pi," and features close-ups of two of the human vortices. Explores merging, diverging, and fluctuating identities. Dreams of golden ratios. Also related to the video poam "Place Value."

I am grateful for the generous participation of two University of Michigan practitioners of Limited Fork Poetics: Rachel Harkai and Nate Barron who has two video poams in the Limited Fork Video Anthology podcast.

A video poam of "Rush Hour," from my first collection of poetry, and a companion piece to the sound poam in the Limited Fork Music podcast, made for Phoebe and Kathy of Symphony Space. Intersects with and departs from "Rush Hour (too)," a video poam available in this podcast. The soundtrack of this video poam is available from the Limited Fork Music podcast.

Video poam companion to "Rush Hour" sound poam in the Limited Fork Music podcast, made for Phoebe and Kathy of Symphony Space and for the adult literacy students who used "Rush Hour" in their program. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to revisit a poem from my first book.

A spoken poam for practitioners, dabbler or immersed, the curious and for the attendees --also for those who could not attend-- my CREW (Collaboratory for Reseach in Electronic Work) Seminar last week in the School of Information (north campus), a session during which an attendee in the remote West Hall (central campus)location asked me about the challenge of judging the quality of Limited Fork poams if there are no boundaries to what may achieve the status of poam. This audio poam comes from further consideration of the question and my response at the time. This is extended collaboration with the asker of the question. This audio poam also suggests ways to respond to work created outside the system of evaluation within which student forkers explore my Limited Fork learning opportunities. To the attendee whose name I don't know, thanks for asking. Thanks also to Mick and David for arranging my participation in CREW.

An answer poam for Cheryl's question about why a fork is the instrument of this poetics of interacting language systems, why a fork is the tool of choice for making. An answer poam for Cheryl that is also for the participants of the CREW seminar (for whom this answer poam is also a ladder).

This sonic poam is for Profjr!, and for any others curious about the basics of what happens when formal poetic structures are forked. Just a little bare-bones map of fork possibilities to consider when laboring through an act of making and hoping for multiples, but not necessarily identicals or even twins at all. If something's born on/in/over/under/through/with/navigating/zigzagging/climbing/opening/folding/unfolding [& so forth] the ladder, and you'd like to share it with me (and possibly other Limited Fork podcast subscribers), please send it to [email protected]. Thanks.