Borrowed Words

By Peter Wortsman

Like a farmer rotating his crops, Peter Wortsman periodically ploughs words back into the mulch of meaning. Romanian ?migr? DADA poet Tristran Tzara (aka Samuel Rosenstock, 1896-1963) gave it a name: cut-up (or "d?coup?" in French). Wortsman reverts to cutups when he's too distracted, depressed, dumbfounded or deranged to write in the regular manner. As the isolation of virtual lockdown during the seemingly interminable Covid-19 pandemic stretches into its third year, Wortsman, a modern-day monk, languishes in the solitude of his cell, longing for meaningful communion. Absent belief in a transcendent being, cutups take the place of prayer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947240579
• ISBN13: 9781947240575
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Bamboo Dart Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.5" x 6.5"