Sometimes the words left
the intended order.
The intended order left
the words sometimes.
Left the words sometimes
the intended order. The words
left the intended order
sometimes. Order sometimes
the words left the intended.
The intended order sometimes
the words left. The words
order sometimes left the
intended. Sometimes the
intended order the words left.
Click here to read Kevin McLellan on the origin of the poem.
Image: photo by Raphael Schaller on Unsplash, licensed under CC 2.0.
Kevin McLellan: This poem was an opportunity for me to play with the arrangement of seven words within the confines of 14 lines (yes, seven has an intimate relationship with 14!) and create differing meanings that force the narrative to shift within each given line and each given sentence.
Kevin McLellan is the author of: in other words you/ selected by Timothy Liu for the 2022 Hilary Tham Capital Collection, Hemispheres which is in special collections including the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona, Ornitheology (2019 Massachusetts Book Awards recipient); [box] which is in special collections including the Blue Star Collection at Harvard University, Tributary, and Round Trip. He makes videos under the name Duck Hunting with the Grammarian and they have shown in film festivals including: Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival, Berlin Short Film Festival, and the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Kevin lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. https://kevmclellan.com/
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