Vintage Anomaly 121: Marjorie Tesser’s “Mantra,” Issue 16

Rose McNeill
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read
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Coming to you from our sixteenth issue this week is a poem from one of Anomaly’s unique folios, entitled “Trance Poetics,” which delves into a world of art that will have you “poised between nebulous states of consciousness and hallucination,” — to quote the introduction to this thought-provoking collection. Marjorie Tesser’s “Mantra” is the perfect poem to make your Thursday afternoon a little more interesting.

“say yes to the breath
say yes to the long inconvenient subway ride
say yes to the woman complaining”

Marjorie Tesser is the author of THE IMPORTANT THING IS…(Firewheel Editions 2010, Firewheel Chapbook Award Winner), and The Magic Feather (Finishing Line Press 2011). She is an editor for the Bowery Books poetry series and is editor of The Mom Egg literary journal. Click here to check out The Mom Egg

Click here to enjoy “Mantra”

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