Borrowed Words

Like a farmer rotating his crops, Peter Wortsman periodically ploughs words back into the mulch of meaning. Romanian émigré DADA poet Tristran Tzara (aka Samuel Rosenstock, 1896-1963) gave it a name: cut-up (or "découpé" 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.

• • Author: Peter Wortsman
• • Publisher: Bamboo Dart Press
• • Publication Date: Oct 05, 2022
• • Number of Pages: 64 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1947240579
• • ISBN-13: 9781947240575