kari edwards

kari edwards is a poet, artist and gender activist, winner of New Langton Art’s Bay Area Award in literature(2002), author of a day in the life of p. , subpress collective (2002), a diary of lies - Belladonna #27 by Balladonna Books (2002), Electric Spandex: anthology of writing the queer text, Pyriform Press (2002), obLiqUE paRt(itON): colLABorationS, xPress(ed) (2002), and post/(pink) Scarlet Press (2001). edwards’ work can also be found in Blood and Tears: an anthology on Matthew Shepard, Painted leaf Press (2000), Aufgabe, Fracture, Bombay Gin, Belight Fiction, In Posse, Mirage/Period(ical), Van Gogh’s Ear, PuppyFlower, Vert, 88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry, Narrativity, Shampoo, xStream, Big Bridge, Magazine Cypress, AUGHT, Word/For Word, Atomicpetals, FIR at potz.com, muse-apprentice-guild, and Panic, Avoid Strange Men, and The International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies.

romantic matter

I was possessed by legs that followed me . . . in the morning they

would kick me awake. the problem, they lived under water and started to

decompose - disconnected from the main frame.

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I confronted evil (or the devil) and invited satan to fuck off. I mean

this is a little scary . . . telling beelzebul to get the fuck out of

my 24 foot trailer . . . its enough to make your skin crawl with gnats.

this was going to be a battle alright. I knew it was him or at least

his stand-in. at this point there were no assumption, only matter. I

told him again to leave my travel queen - but that only pissed him off.

I called a truce between the buddha and christ . . . had them hold

hands on my coffee table . . . that started to work . . . I could

finally see my kitchenette . . . then I had to pee - and all hell broke

loose.

kari edwards