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Three Springtime Haiku
Stationary clouds Slow the coming of dawn When will the sun rise? Open a window Let the outdoor weather in Something will happen Lost my train of thought Maybe it’s under the chair Nothing there but dust C. Mehrl Bennett 2026
A few poems to share with you
An O K PoemOh KindnessOther KindredOften KindlesOr KicksOblige KidsOccupy KillersObvious KissesObviate KnowledgeObstructionKnocksC. Mehrl Bennett9.21.2025 A Glimpset of Time MisSpentAll my just dessertsAccumulate in my purseIt takes time to spend itAs I take time to write this verseNow I leave my purse in timeWhere all just desserts are plantedThe body noted in this rhymeRelaxes into earth;…
Death, Reverb and Decay
A new two-track EP, Death, Reverb and Decay, is available at the above link; It’s composed and performed by a trio: John Also Bennett/bass flute and synthesizer, Christina Vantzou/electronics and Oliver Coates/cello. It was just released on December 19, 2025 which was the winter solstice. Full disclosure, and I say this with pride: John Also Bennett is our youngest son, and Christina Vantzou is…
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Smashkey Poetry
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Sr. Martha Simon in Pakistan and Africa
Sr Martha Simon plays drum given as payment for her dental services by head of an African tribe Sr Martha Simon SCMM was my father’s (Dr. Wm. J. Mehrl) sister, Dr. Martha Mehrl. After college and then a chemist job, she decided on a path to become a nun, ultimately joining the Medical Missionary Sisters based at a Philadelphia PA convent. Choosing dentistry for her medical profession, she became…
November DOODLEz & Da Da
How can you / could you even / do you ever / ASK A COW ? Will it answer / will it MOO / will it even / talk to you ? Do you want / why would you need them / are bay leaves a scam ? { A hot topic on public radio in regards to Thanksgiving foodies } Ginkgo leaves do not smell bad / Only if the tree has fruit / rotting fruit can stink Auntie Ginkgo gives a damn / Auntie Ginkgo doesn’t stink A…
ZMAGazine No. 1
ZMAG is an acronym for Zoom Mail Artists Group, a monthly Zoom gig first organized by The Sticker Dude (Joel Cohen, Brooklyn NY) and Gerda Osteneck (SK, Canadada) during the Covid-19 epidemic. This year, 2024, a magazine came together through the contributions of 19 ZMAG’s members, an organized editing committee, and with the design facilitation of Carl Chew and nonlocal variable. I contributed a…
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Visual Poetry Exhibit in Italy
Below is an excerpt from the Planet Susannia blog. Susanna Lackner has posted images from the exhibition catalogue of a visual poetry exhibit in Italy curated by Tiziana Barrachi, Giancarlo Da Lio, and Robert Sanchez. Here is Giancarlo Da Lio’s excellent essay from the catalogue. It’s full of insightfull observations about the development of visual poetry since the 1960’s. Beyond the image by…
CMB Junk Installation Installed at 934 Gallery
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Art is Life
I was unaware of JERRY SALTZ until I saw many of my artists friends were looking at his Facebook posts. I joined the group and began delving into Jerry’s posts about the art scene. We learned about Prologue Bookstore when the owner made a presentation at an Aldus Society meeting one evening. Information about this book collectors’ group can be found at thier website…
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How to Write a Poem
The Viewpoints Method, for CCC Writing Workshop – CMB 2023 I was invited to a workshop by Claire Elizabeth Barrett aka Cilla Vie, director of The Center for Connections + Collaboration (CCC) in Ashland NC, which happened physically in Ashland NC at between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. Claire is familiar with Mary Overlie. Her writer father, David Barrett, introduced the aims of the day’s workshop and…
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Octagonal Box Constructions by C. Mehrl Bennett
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WAIT
“I wait, not for time to finish my work, but for time to indicate something one would not have expected to occur.” – Ray Johnson How to write a poem Sit Wait Write words down Edit Sign your name C. Mehrl Bennett 10/29/2023
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The Book of Form ad Emptiness
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth OzekiMy rating: 5 of 5 starsNever have I seen the idea/attitude of fluxus scores addressed within a novel before, but here, it is. Most thoughtfully, it’s accompanied by chapter intersessions by “The Book”. The story line pivots around a zen woman monk and her own book, a greiving mother & her adolescent son, Benny Oh (upon the death of jazz…
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War and (in) Peace (Pieces)
WAR and (in) PEACE (Pieces) A condensation hack of the beginning of Leo Tolstoy’s WAR & PEACE “Why are you exciting the world? Why are you going to war? ” He paused, then replied, “I am going because a policeman and A bear were tied back to back with The bear swimming about with the man. I must put the bear into the Moyka Canal on his back!” Buonaparte has buried the bear. He is now…
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Hay(na)ku
Herding Branded cattle Presently noted meat Party With animals Kindly play records Modified Wrapped razor Found noise results Latent Immersive rhyme Cracked my knee Goats And beards They move together Dreaming Expansive sleep Tour the territory Shoes Passive wife Cultural foot binding Modicular Posh particles Luxury apartment building Cooking Utensils paint A mental…
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It's a Poem or an Event or Maybe Both
https://www.lulu.com/shop/c-mehrl-bennett/its-a-poem-or-an-event/paperback/product-rpnnpq.html?page=1&pageSize=4 120 pp. B+W paperback, pub. Luna Bisonte Prods This is a book of multiples: postcards, artist stamps, text or images from little booklets, scanned drawings and caricatures, rubber stamped text or images, digital art, Fluxus scores, poetry, and visual poetry. Much of it was sent out as…
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