Empat Perkataan
I first heard of the empat perkataan from an article by Shelley Bryant in Scifaikuest. That article is reproduced in the collection Minimalism. I fell in love with the idea of a form that challenges linear narratives, creating impressionist pictures instead of lyric commentary. For more about the empat perkataan form, please refer to the Wikipedia entry or my article.
Empat Perkataan Examples
Orangutan Dali
only ogres organ grinders
monkeys cages swinging jungles
dreamscapes keyholes rainbow spirals
modern landscape neatly bungled
from 24th Century Lullaby
moonlight starlight sunlight shooting
comet cleaner meaner brutal
bruises snoozing alarm hooting
newsy reports retort hymnal
from Voyage Stranded
spaceship broken spoken spellings
texting homeward hopeful magic
sandhills castles building telling
message blankly blinking tragic
Empat Perkataan Anthology
Arson Press is pleased to announce an open call for an anthology of empat perkataan poetry.