Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG XV


Visual poem with a title that reads: BRAINFØG XV.

There is a light gray blooming image behind the words. The poem’s orientation is landscape. The following words appear in a single rectangular shape, evenly spaced, in varying font sizes.

The text reads:
ISH SHH SHH ISH WHIR PLOP WHIR FLAP WHIR DODOO
SHH SHH SHRIEK CLASH WHOOSH SLAP SHH SHH EER
SHUSH SHH SHH ISH ISH SPLAT GURGLE AAAAH ISH
DO WEE ISH DEE DOO ISH SQUELCH SQUELCH WHOOSH
SQUELCH AAAAH SHRIEK CRUSH SHRIEK CRUSH FLAP
DEE DEE CRASH CLASH SHUSH CRASH CRASH DO WEE
EEEK CLASH AAAAH EEEK SLASH CLASH CLASH SHH
WHIR SLASH SHUSH ISH EER EER SPLAT SLURP SHH
AAAAH EEEK EER SHRIEK CLASH CRASH WEE EER CLASH
SHUSH SQUELCH SQUELCH SQUELCH SPLAT GULP

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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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