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A HISTORY OF ANYWAY

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A HISTORY OF ANYWAY
Intermedia
by Nance Van Winckel

Sad lad of the far north, you with no means and no true lassie, with no way home and no home anyway, you voyage on.

And yes, as per usual, just when the key to all seems within reach, the dreaded forever descends.

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Three feminine figures in white dresses and ornate orange headpieces speaking to someone dressed as a servant or clown, against a mountain backdrop. Text: A History of Anyway, The degradations happen, In poor light. In the meantime. Found poetry on the page of an ancient book, which reads: ASS AND MOTHER. far, far was the babe for fees; no one thought himself home. Next to the text, an angelic figure speaking to a cloaked figure. Found poetry on a yellowed page, which reads: lad stretched then went not for her. Next to the words is an image of a royal figure holding a bird, next to a warrior holding a sword.Found poetry on a book page with a floral border. Text reads: given ths no, all high up fixed, with A.K.A in the corner. An image on the page shows a royal figure wearing a large gown, with the words "A.K.A.," "Clouded Thoughts," and "hidden tail" next to them.Found poetry on a page surrounded by a floral design, which reads: big white rooms ran to one edge. his bear dared not look He left afraid it danced. In the top right corner is an image of a bear laying on it back in chain and a cloaked figure standing over the bear.Found poetry on a stained book page. Title: THE KEY TO FOREVER LOST FOREVER. Text: her eyes begged but you your world, and dumb she went. Image of feminine figure looking into sun next to tall object with closed eye on it. Ornate art piece depicting animal-like royal figure wearing coat, accessories, and head gear. Stands against blue starry sky with black birds flying above and large colorful birds flying adjacent to the royal figure. Ghostly figure on top right. Text: To welcome what arrives to blacken the flowered fields.

Nance Van Winckel is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently Our Foreigner, winner of the Pacific Coast Poetry Series Prize (Beyond Baroque Press, 2017), Book of No Ledge (Pleiades Press Visual Poetry Series, 2016), and Pacific Walkers (U. of Washington Press, 2014). She’s also published five books of fiction, including Ever Yrs, a novel in the form of a scrapbook (Twisted Road Publications, 2014), and Boneland: Linked Stories (U. of Oklahoma Press, 2013). She teaches in the MFA programs at Eastern Washington University and Vermont College of Fine Arts. Read more at her website. 

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