We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

A Postcard from Neltron to Dearest Cultural Ambassanator

from Glitch Lips_ poems by brad bradley

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 CAD  or more

     

lyrics

A Postcard from Neltron
to Dearest Cultural Ambassanator


There upon the simulacrum of home
emblazon with chokecherry stamping

Elephant Mountain fountain
Day-Glo painted fragments

plus carefully cut found photographs
detain an autograph

juxtapose and thumbtack
the intended wilderness act

and other GIF laden scenery
amongst a hockey referee

arms outstretched
in the middle of it all

images are sealed with glue
derived from Ponderosa Pine pitch.

Images packed so tight
their cells drip honeydew.

This one’s for you,
Dearest Cultural Ambassanator:

We’ve topped Neltron’s trees
with Coconut Patties

draped bushes with Salt Water Taffy
to ease in your transition.

These sentences
concerning the aesthetic of improvisation:

These sentences
concerning things according to the needs of flow:

Did art interrupt
and leave you with loose ends?

Did a slip from the front
overturn you?

Bag it up already let’s go!
Listen to that Big Jim steam whistle blow.

Bag it up already
bring your Fish Tales home!

credits

from Glitch Lips_ poems, released June 18, 2017
Big Jim steam whistle recorded by Ian Johnston

Additional reading by Anita Levesque

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

brad bradley Nelson, British Columbia

brad bradley is a poet and sound artist. He is also the host of a weekly radio program, Poetry for Keeps, on CJLY 93.5 FM.

contact / help

Contact brad bradley

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account