Dark & Twisty
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Matthew Hong

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Poetry, Philosophy, Literature & Fiction

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The poetry of Wallace Stevens. "Owl's Clover" in particular. The presi ...more

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At the age of sixteen, Hong would scribe the following verses which would later evolve into a struggle of two decades.

And did I know it then, that years later
I would trace again and anticipate
With tears which could not form at first, but would,
Through affectations derived of seasons
And the grand gestures of the open sky,
All the weighed wishes of the twilight moon,
The windowpanes rain streaked with memories
So murmurously dark with my desire?

Beyond the fulfillment of these prophetic lines, the primacy of this poem would take command of Hong’s existence. He would soon put aside his paintings and start on the path of this singular and near impossible task. Twenty years later, his epic poem celebrates this publishing event.

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“I have stood in the midnight rain under dizzying lights by the street corners stark of any occurrence, obscured by the darkness. I have composed stupid ballads. I have slept through my days. I have waited motionless in my room. I have wept. And I made no sound.

–Exit Orpheus”
― Matthew Hong
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“I have stood in the midnight rain under dizzying lights by the street corners stark of any occurrence, obscured by the darkness. I have composed stupid ballads. I have slept through my days. I have waited motionless in my room. I have wept. And I made no sound.

–Exit Orpheus”
― Matthew Hong
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