a little Ocean Barber

For the past year I've been building a little collection of poems, assembled under the title, Ocean Barber. Mostly, they just sort of sit there. I reopen the documents and poke and tweak and stare. They confuse me and I don't know how best to share them.

I can't help but think they should heard and not seen. Ocean Barber came from a year of muffled thought and paper-thin days that nearly got the best of me. It should sound like someone faintly humming under a pool; like slow reflexes, if they had a sound.

I have recorded a few and put them to video, hoping it will be a good start.


What it wants from lion.mouth on Vimeo.


Watching movies alone from lion.mouth on Vimeo.


Don't be mad from lion.mouth on Vimeo.

3 Responses to “a little Ocean Barber”


  1. 1 Matthew

    Cool idea to put them to hearing, but you are still seeing.

  2. 2 Alisha

    i meant the words should be heard and not seen, but you're right.

  3. 3 Laura

    well done.

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