Flutter at no wide open mind.
I did not think like an individual eyelash.
I did not move in the hourglass house,
perpetuating itself of flashes of quicksilver of fish-knives. My parents.
When the sermon was streamed in the old South, it was creamy, a small amount amounting.
Whatever I thought of / against me, little queer hook, I was writing on my centurial skull.
Until something ovarian. A tucked testicle. I felt her tapping, almost at full plank: Petal.
Philip Matthews is the author of “Witch” (Alice James Books, 2020) and “Wig Heavier Than a Boot” (Kris Graves Projects, 2019), a collaboration with David Johnson. A poet from eastern North Carolina, he currently resides in Sauk County, Wisconsin where he is Director of Programs at Wormfarm Institute. Up to this point, his practice has anchored in site-specific meditation and performance: he is curious about what happens next. philipandpetal.com / @philipandpetal
The Colorado Photographic Arts Center has an exhibition Aug 14- Sept 23, 2020. The Space Between explores issues of queer identity, sexuality, and relationships through the works of three contemporary artists, including two photographers and a poet. In “Through the Lens of Desire,” Kris Sanford uses vintage photography from the 1920s – 1950s to explore an imagined queer history. “Wig Heavier Than a Boot,” is a collaboration of poetry and images that reveals Petal, a persona whom Philip Matthews manifests to write about and David Johnson photographs.
South Broadway Ghost Society 