FRACTURED GLANCES

FRACTURED GLANCES

Poems by Phillip Ward

FRACTURED GLANCES

is a retrospective of sorts an overview
of nearly thirty-five years of writing poetry
at a glance the oldest poem dates
from the early 1970s with the latest one
written sometime during 2006
wanton liberty was taken shuffling about
birth years intentionally misplacing
each poem's time of delivery
mixing them together into one
gigantic wave the poems toss words
emotions and years out into the raging sea
to sink or swim in a flurry of fractured time
like a deck of cards flirting with the wind
or as a stack of painted canvases
showing an ever-changing biography
with each poem standing on its own
hawking the line's hard sell to you

PHILLIP WARD is a writer, poet, artist and photographer.
His writings and photographs have appeared in an
array of magazines, journals, books, and on Internet.
Mr. Ward is archivist-curator and content editor of
Quentin Crisp Archives. He is also co-editor of the
literary journal Van Gogh's Ear, a joint publication of
Allen Ginsberg's New York's Committee on Poetry
and French Connection Press.
Mr. Ward's art and photographs have exhibited at
Art@Large, Caffé Rafaella on Seventh Avenue,
Chelsea Market, The Emerging Collector, Exit Art,
Fourth Street Photo, Rafaella on Ninth, and at
The Rocking Horse Café. Phillip Ward lives with
his partner Charles Barron in New York City.

Click to contact Phillip Ward via email.