~quodlibet~
Quodlibet {the hundred bites} by Tom {WordWulf} Sterner is a 126-page epic piece,
winner of the Marija Cerjak Award for Avantgarde/Experimental Writing
I would paint with words, soft and violent colors,stabbing, caressing.
Did I mention stardust on the eyes of expectant children, webs of parenthood, fire night,
embers of those forgotten ones clinging to the ragged edge, fragile-aged,
insecure passengers, smaller and whose visage is an always-open door of hope, those
hands clutched against bony breasts of despair, too oft’ untouched and ne’er
held, by phantom strangers ourselves. We are what are we.
Children are pieces of a wonderful puzzle, the sides and corners.
Michael Annis (Senior editor of Howling Dog Press): “I published the entire
Quodlibet in the OMEGA literary magazine online series. It is an amazing,
gargantuan poem filled with some of the toughest writing you will come across.
Profound, harrowing cantos of dark beauty, billowing with flames of passion,
remorse, grace, despair and defiance. The howl of the WordWulf is terrifying to
behold: terrifying with magnificence and truth.”