C22 (Nathan Anderson)

 Another Kingly Crown
image by Nathan Anderson

Cough//on//[up to]//Grass//[down turn]
 
m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m
……………………………….
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
a
shatter
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ohh
ohh
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
a
n
d
 
 
this was a juxtaposition
reuniting with the resin
and the spectral afternoon
waking and weaving
dancing as
and
as
and
as
 
 
           I                                F
                             []
                             []
                             []
 
 
and around and around and around
and around and around and around
and around and around and around
 
 
 
 
and the
leg has
no more
step
in
 
 
 
 
 
it…………………………………………..θ

Pinwheel (asterisk) (ashcan)
 
 
>>>>>>>ahahahahahahah
>>>>>>>>>>this welcome
>>>>>>>>>>>>sasasasasasasa
 
 
over the {{hill
 
un
    der
 
 
un
    der
        neath
 
 
                               ..
               ..
..
 
 
 
the shelter has been renewed
into the constancy
 
 
--AFTERSHOCKS--
--GRIM NUMBER--
--TOES SOLACE--
 
 
 
a doctor on the phone
 
 
..
          ..
                    ..
 
 
 
((all alone))
 
 
 
ahhhhhhhhkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Segmented [into] White
 
//
 //
  //
   ///////////////////////// value
   ////////////////////////  vanity
  //
 //
//
 
 
THIS POLICEMAN ON THE
W
H
E
E
L
 
 
make do with splash back
 
     (I)     (i_i)      (I)
………………………..
⁙
⁙
⁙
⁙
 
 
 
and all the while
SMILING
 
and all the while
WITHOUT
ENGINE
 
 
 
((swallowed by the whale
 
 
 
 
 
yes))
 
 
Sulphur [in the] office [block]
 
 
g//o//i//n//g//---------------------■!
 
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!----------------------g
                                                o
                                                i
                                                n
                                                g
 
 
           off the sepulchre
reanimating
LIKE’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
 
 
                                ((picket fence))
 
 
 
::::::::::^:::::::::::::this wheelbarrow is
 
 
 
IN NEED OF BREAKING
 
 
 
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                       !!!!!!!!!
                       !!!!!!!!!
                       !!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
 
l.a.m.p
w.i.t.h.o.u.t
s.h.a.d.e
w.i.t.h.o.u.t
s.h.a.p.e
w.i.t.h.o.u.t
s.h.a.m.e
 
 
 
 
 
                                                  BANG!

The Ox Hat
 
bububububububububububububu
bububububububububububububu
BUBUBUBUBUBUBUBUBU
##########################
##########################
r                                                                                          
a                                              
i                                               
n                                              
never with the heat and head
 
 
                   (a tape on spoken spoke)))))))))
 
 
sepia toned
and
and
and
leaflet
 
 
 
                          HA   ■
 
 
 
        overabundance
                   is
              leitmotif
 
 
 
HA     ■
 
 
This Aleph has the right idea
 
 
//////////////////////////////////BRING!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DRIVE
 
 
over (the)
over (the)
over (the)
 
 
 
a miracle to end the supping
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12312312312312312312312
onetwothreeonetwothreeone
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                      (ode to a square)
 
 
 
                    juxtaposed against
                    …………. ……...
                    this difficult machine
                    ….  ………. ……….
                    again too much to mention
                    ……. …. ……. ..  ……….
 
 
a                     gain
 
 
 
—Nathan Anderson

C22 (Joshua Martin)

Rendered without a Landing
Image by Joshua Martin
 

semi-circular aficionado PLUNGE
 
 
pocket                ScHooL
           NoTaTeD
 
                                [QUOTA] > > >
 
, ? , dwelling sUnKeN
               lOOp    = =    festive
                                     dingle
                                     dangle
        \ angled To MiSs
                               SCoRN,
ToRN \  =                             re=mark
                     sad,
                 ly         er                    lasso
> tOOl <                     allow=
                                 able
 
                                         scoop,
                                   ing
                   tenor                        : :
sAcK                     , ? ,
                              
                                     = = =  carried
stake , journey , skid
 
           , MaRk        (oF)    =     (poison)
, brake
  lights > > > > > TeRRoR < < < < <
 
                     heart
                     attack
                     paper
                     boil
                     tumor
 
                                              = yippee! =
 
] silent & seldom bugged
           ouija
           BOARD
                   diameter   [ , bEAn
                                         pOlE
 
ooooooooooh
           aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
 
                            sToPpEd
                                    uP
                  braided                 pool
                                               skimmer
 
= rhinoceros residential frequency
 
             : ((((( STRUM )))))
       under auspicious
                    wedge     : : :     ^form,
                                                less^ ,
 
hypotenuse / makeshift / visualized
                                        NuT
                                        jAr,
, ? , all the diatribes
                          RE=
               J              O         I         C      E
 
                  , ! , auto=
                             bio=
                                 graphical
         sPoNgE
                                            = released
 
            mediocrity
> cucumber blEEdIng <
                    
                             , how To
                                   bUm
                                        A
                       hypnotic
                             eRRoR
 
, ? ,
       strut SO AS TO
                          S     P     A
                                   N      =    .
 
 
bOUnd [whammy], pause
 
 
thrice                        pinched
          COMMON                 [> > >, latitude
   draw=ing                       workable               deportation
                  ] > > > > > :
                               MID
                               DL
                                   E      SeCtIoN ;; : ‘certainly
                                                                 anywhere’ ; ; ! - - -
bother=
      SOME    > > > >    switching
                          odd                  IN=come
                                  , bother NON or SQUIRM or
   pausing drawer                              bAlAnCe
                               bEAm
                  , , > ! <               pEEping
                                                    accented    dalliances 
: | wearied fakery salsa
    this pen breeding
    seashell camera bump
    punching hides cleansed | : : : : :  ‘awkward, as dragging kicks
                                                           punishable locality whiff’
 
 
ultimatum puke fish cadaver
 
           >
   sLoW   fade window     pill
                                           ow
                      , Box
      [T]       >       [O]       >       [P]   , , , ,
 
                                        cursive momentum:
|pulsation randomized crustaceans dissolving luster
pierce sketching ruins cadaverous edges maligned
silver clip clapping hand torn serotonin elk smear
layering kingdom perversion drifting canister spoil
hurling manic toasted chocolate foliage magicians
eternal soapy residue stool cockpit onion orb bob|:
 
 
                            < ,
                  ! ^^^^^ ***** !  _____ ? _____
 
magisterial MuFFiN tOpPeD
                               ]carnival musique
                                              concrete
                            FLUB] !        (((INK))), , ,
re=vamped                   oyster            crack’d, , , , ,
 
           ! jacket    example !
                       ? re:
                              solid STATE jocular &
                                            leaky
                                                 porridge
                                                       muskrat
               symptom  >acoustic
                                  puzzle< settling
       metaphorical               semblance
, ‘TuRn
           hOUse ; [WINDOW
                           WAVES
                           WIGS] ;
      CoMe   To watch where’s pinch tendons ;
                        [lightning whistles
                               pouch / elbow SOIL] ;
            goodly
            shortcut carrot wEb’       : : :  ^ ^ ^  : : :
 
                          neighborhood
                          collapsable
                          sounding
                          portable
                          table > > > > > SAW,ing < < < < <
 
           mythic
whining        SLACKS
              :
        D       O
           N              O T
A           D                   J          U        S       T
    Y
    OU
  R                      S  E  T    :
             hAiR
                   iN gUttEr   , , , , ,   ]scruffy
                                   crushed        :
 ] | mention matter an obvious conviction
     recollecting utter consist bababa glance
     seeming chronicle tramp proportion age
     appear nearest clanging ketchup million
     spare tragic gulf igloo revolution spying
     novel graceful flaw implication smashing
     ponderous glow or a tinge disrupted monk
     gladly sore tete-a-tete persuasion excel glib
     posthumous nervously seeking grim dice
     follow seized bothered mourning sulking
     understated calamity fissure clutching | ,
                                                                    small=est
                                                  club
                                 buried                favorite
                                         accident     : : : : : :
> ‘attendant
    underwater
    abstraction’ <  :  - - -   ?   - - -  :   [  un=
                               flinch=ing
                                                criteria
                 , laborious artifacts
                                              ]  :  easiest
                                                    glib
                                                    function
, DiEd IN bespoke
                             MARSHMALLOW
               , O!
         subtle                    emancipation ,
                        havoc
                     stapler
                     system
                                              dIvInG bOArD
    : under=
            foot   >
                             scattered
                                          < .
 
 
Purged Scenery Shift
 
F
   or      mAl          series
                   eXiT              . . . . .
 
        meteorite DeBrIs
[lying       SKIN
                           To     FluKe]  . . . . .
 
             any ash DOUSED
    , (nudity among tom-tom scampering) ,
                              quantity of
                Bakery                   laundry
                         SLoT    , , , , ,    : | wander
                                                       pleasure
                                                       symptom | : :
‘cruising tree limb
         , ballpoint cushion
  , , undressing ballet wearing
                             , , , only possible warning’
                                                   >!<
 
bEst           suited                 lEg
        Or :            gown               rendered
               u
               s
               e     LESS   =   sparked
                                       unmasking
                                       ceremonial
                            [p][l][u][n][g][e]
                                                      [!], , , , ,   . . . . .
 
    iN    cOnTrOL    pathologies
                             ;                    mist             ;
                                      faulty                   OPENING
                                                     morphology
    ;      discontinuous mumbling notebook
 
                      >FLASH<  ,  stagger
                                            mythological
                                                    sphere > > > > >
   : | aqueduct handkerchief sTaRdOm | ;
                                  power
                                       down
                                           dRaIn . . . . .      

trembling - - - [fluttering] - - - switched
 
prolific bAg - - - pLuMb - - -
                   note=worthy FiLtEr, , , ,
 
    contrary altitude
         [eternal lacky of the MUNDANE] : : : : :
 
strict | skull | cropped or pressed HAIR / - - - glittering globular
PuMp … \ needless SYSTEMS scrunching eyes | such as glisten=
ing tubes & RiBs | : : : : :
 
                                    hemp    cohering
                                          voracious     scorpion   - - -
rUle      - - -                                                  imprisoned logic , , , , ,
 
                     technical
                     prisons
                     curving
                                 , grotesque scheme, , , , , ascetic
                                                                 luxury          PrOsE
; ‘economical windows springing cactus’ ;
 
              fundamental recognition
      ?                     quite a # of
                             littering sponges     ?    ] parallel
apparatus[ ; ! ; ,
                                  discretion oR
                                             A bUttON ; ! ; , , , , ,
 
                  bulleting BoReD =
                                       dom     : : : : :    skeleton
                                                                 skirt :
 
                            JUMP!        : : : : :              rather
less symbolic           theory , , , , ,
                                            ‘wanna tempt gymnastic cruelty’
 
              ; empty STALKING splinters.
 

—Joshua Martin

C22

 

C22
 
C22 (Collective 22) is an artistic collective focusing on experimental writing. Our work is influenced by Dada, Surrealism, the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets, Futurism and other pockets of the avant garde. We are a small group aiming towards expression rather than commercialism. Each member is free to create art as they wish, to collaborate if they wish, and to publish work elsewhere should they choose. It’s all about creative freedom and sharing our passion for experimentation.
 
Who we are:

Joshua Martin
 
Joshua Martin is a Philadelphia-based writer and filmmaker, who currently works in a library. He is the author of the books combustible panoramic twists (Trainwreck Press), Pointillistic Venetian Blinds (Alien Buddha Press), and Vagabond fragments of a hole (Schism Neuronics). He has had numerous pieces published in various journals including Otoliths, M58, The Sparrow’s Trombone, Coven, Scud, Ygdrasil, RASPUTIN, Ink Pantry, and Synchronized Chaos.
 
Website: joshuamartinwriting.blogspot.com
X: @jmartinpoetry

Nathan Anderson
 
Nathan Anderson is a poet from Mongarlowe, Australia. He is the author of Mexico Honey, The Mountain + The Cave (Alien Buddha Press) and Deconstruction of a Symptom (Alien Buddha Press). His work has appeared in Otoliths, BlazeVOX, Selcouth Station, Moss Trill, Synchronized Chaos, Beir Bua and elsewhere.
 
Website: nathanandersonwriting.home.blog
X: @NJApoetry.

Lachlan J McDougall
 
Lachlan J. McDougall is an Australian artist and prose technician working in cut-up and experimental literature. He is the author of i was out… the mice were in…, Blue Flute: Stories and Artwork and The Evening Edition: A War on Words. His work has appeared in Blue as an Orange and Fleas on the Dog.
 
Website: lachlanjmcdougall.wordpress.com
X: @AuthorLachlan
 
Vernon Frazer
 
Vernon Frazer is a poet, writer, musician and multimedia artist living in central Connecticut. His work includes IMPROVISATIONS, Avenue Noir, Anchor What and Gravity Darkening. His poetry, fiction and multimedia pieces have appeared in Otoliths, Unlikely Stories, RASPUTIN, Synchronized Chaos and other venues.

website: vernonfrazer.net
multimedia: youtube.com/user/VernonFrazer
 
C22 (Books)
 
Cubist Facelifts – Joshua Martin
On the globe movement moment – Nathan Anderson
Voyage in Port – Vernon Frazer
Visitations – Nathan Anderson
Prismatic Fissures – Joshua Martin
NEWS OF THE WORLD – Lachlan J McDougall
MOT – Nathan Anderson
Memo from Alamut – Vernon Frazer
Dance of Resistance Brainwaves – Joshua Martin
The Screaming Paper – Nathan Anderson
23 Photographs: A Book of Death – Lachlan J McDougall
 
C22 (Zines)
 
eYeland #2
eYeland #1
Interviews with the staff
 
C22 (Open Editions)
 
Book of Crow: A Cycle of Woe – Lachlan J McDougall
Thousands Blink Outside – Mark DuCharme
A Montage of Fictional Murders & Hogg – Clive Gresswell
Descend ye Majestick Degrees – Joshua Martin
The Topiary – Richard Capener
Please wear spectacles for the waltz – Nathan Anderson
TYPEWRITER – Lachlan J. McDougall
;overt fizzling tUbEs(!) – Joshua Martin
Video Assisted Referees – Daniel J. Flosi
An Advert Can Be Beautiful in The Right Shade of Death – Tim Frank
Xperimentations – David A. Bishop
Et Tu – Jim Meirose
Charlie Parker: Jam Session – Lachlan J. McDougall
MANTIC PANDEMIC – Vernon Frazer
Discrete Glissando (with reverberations) – Joshua Martin
Sr. – Nathan Anderson
Zeitgeist – A.J. Moore
Null Set – Ric Carfagna
op. cit/urbes – Andrew Cyril Macdonald
(!) – by Nathan Anderson
Shimmied Christmas Jimmy, the Rat Fink of the Chimney – Lachlan J McDougal
Directions for [you] [use] – Nathan Anderson
Avenue Noir – Vernon Frazer
Hotel Eternity – Rus Khomutoff
MR MARTIN HELD ALL BOARD ROOM REPORTS – Lachlan J McDougall
Schisms – Joshua Martin
 
C22 (Contact)
 
C22 can be contacted via email at: c22press@gmail.com
Twitter/X: @c22press
Bluesky: @c22press.bsky.social