About Overhead Projector Poems

I have this project or idea, it’s where I take an overhead projector to various places and write out poems, essays, flash fiction and other writing.

Basement Orange

… moment spent beside / the self upon which my / self wrests presented / me with such an alarm / I could not //

Back Porch Revel

It was high time / I got out of there

Light

Light is a little like…

Against the Grain

These / dots / these evil / deep, dark / drops / I / can’t / stand / them / must / stop / them

Traced Visual Poems

Visual poems that are basically my high school experience.

Break Up Poem

… because I am a fool.

If Ya Wanna Dance with Me

The poem was written over the imagined form of a dancing body, which was followed by tracing the dancer with the help of, you guessed it, my overhead projector.

Overhead Projector Poem-ing 5

For this group of Overhead Projector Poem-ing poems I decided I would take my fancy projector to the Wick Poetry Center.

Overhead Projector Poem-ing 4

I work hard to ignore the critical voice in my head telling me that poems need to be finished and should never appear before a reader’s eyes without first having gone through many revisions and multiple workshop partners.

But that ain’t livin.

About Overhead Projector Poem-ing

We grow. We learn. We wipe it all away.

Overhead Projector Poem-ing 3

ink that manifested that poem is a stain on an old cotton shirt

Overhead Projector Poem-ing 2

The second installment of some kinda Over Head Projector Project–a visual exploration of light, space, objects and what is manifest in poetry and image.

Overhead Projector Poem-ing

So I nabbed it to write poems on.