The Scientific Quarterly

FROM THE COLLECTION NO IRON RING (SECOND)

By Matthew Hall

notions of hydrography
piers from the channel
the object imbued with conditional
phrases contextual meaning
a hydrostatic balance
if you will, are, of,
but not consumed by
the Kitsap peninsula
5979 feet minus 40
reciprocal inductions
during the rise and fall
of several feet in 4-5 seconds
a balletic guise
47˚16’00” N
coordinates once negating
the placement of
this perfect mechanism
over a narrow
but deep
pathology

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Matthew Hall was a forgettable student at the University of Saskatchewan. He is now readying himself for a PhD on Jeremy Prynne and the ‘Cambridge School of Contemporary Poetics’. His poetry and prose commonly appear in North American journals and most recently has been featured in: Forget Magazine, ditch, Jones Av, Fieldstone Review, and forthcoming from Misunderstandings Magazine. His first chapbook Brutal Tender Human Animal is available from Trainwreck Press.

 

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