David Satten-Lopez
Orion
Orion, 2019
“The piece presents a found poem that is a mash-up of two poems: “John Street Watershed” by Janice N. Harrington & “Mandarin Ducks and Snow-Covered Reeds” by Paula Bohince. Both poems were found in Orion Magazine’s 2014 March/April issue. Drawn to both poems, I attempted to bring the two together towards a polyphonic texture. Excited by the collage poem I added visual text in contiguity and in reverse ekphrasis.”
David Satten-Lopez was born in Tucson, Arizona and grew in that Sonoran sun. He did formative time in the rain in Portland, Oregon and now resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Find more of his work in Apiary Magazine and Cleaver Magazine. Follow him on twitter @pocospeed & @WeAreNousotros.