Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG XI

Posted byAngela Chaidez VincentPosted inHermelinda Hernandez Monjaras
Visual poem with a title that reads: BRAINFØG XI. There is a light gray blooming image behind the words, repeatedly stamped over itself diagonally down and to the right. The poem’s orientation is landscape. The text is faint and left-justified across the image(s). The text reads: Blueblue VIOLET’D Red. orANGE’R. Red R’orAnGE’S. D’rEdoRANGE’S. Blue bLUeoraNGe. W’violET. BLUe’R. Red B’OraNgE. Yellow BLuErED’S Red. Red BLuErED’S Violet. G’RedvIolEt’F D’yellOwblUeBLuE’S.

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Artist’s Statement: For The Fresno 15 Creative Writing Marathon, I used 15 Rorschach I made by dabbing a red rose with paint onto paper. This series is an attempt to write on brain fog: forgetfulness, incoherent thoughts, mental fatigue, lack of clarity, and more. Each day became a challenge: the strings attached within me were reluctant to push, create, and pull; memory became a mass of confusion to frame. Luckily, these 15 days were possible due to persistence and help from my mentor, Anthony Cody, author of The Rendering. Lastly, this series is one step forward toward my future poetic work.

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