Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG XIV

Posted byAngela Chaidez VincentPosted inHermelinda Hernandez Monjaras
Visual poem with a title that reads: BRAINFØG XIV. There is a light gray blooming image behind the words. The poem’s orientation is landscape. Four boxes of text appear in the upper left corner of the frame, some with rounded corners. One additional text grouping is at the bottom right of the frame, outside of the smaller boxes, but inside the larger frame. The text reads: (top left box): the fog says, I keep writing to hold on to me but are you okay with the way I inhabit I know this void in my hand won’t sleep tonight I exist for a reason a specie of my gut (top right box): I know you ask for reason for purpose I will continue to blind your reflection to push further more the maze push further before our skin disappears (bottom left box): listen, forget the truth evolve & have a conversation with me I know you put others before me let this space hurt let me in (bottom right box): beyond survival when the air cycle changes believe touch being my own believe solution is hard to form I ask myself to be & I am wanted even if its to whole a hole (far bottom right, outside of box, right-justified) be vulnerable face the past it knows fog I hold in the palm of my touch past disguised inside the body I abandon comfort something we fear is with want it knows this even if it’s tired

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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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