Editor: Orchid Tierney
Terry Moyle is a vector artist and a top-notch experimental poet. His debut book, Cominghomeland (Auckland: Ducks on the Wall Publishing),
was published in 2011. He has an MA Hons (English) from the University of
Waikato and currently resides in Kaiwaka, Northland.
What I particularly enjoy about Terry's work is his diversity. Ranging from comic strips to 3D milk cartons, his work pushes poetry off the page into real life tangible artefacts. In this way, his experimental works are suggestive of new forms of literacy where text, image and object are inextricably related. Yet, if I can sum up briefly, I want to suggest that works like Terry's are conversations that challenge binary demarcations of high and low art. Comic strips and milk cartons-throw away items in consumer society-are rendered unique through the interface of poetic language. The resultant work is a new territory between old and new forms of text.
I'd also encourage you to view his challenging Ugly/Beauty poem found here, in which typefaces exert unusual pressure on the textual meaning.
I'd also encourage you to view his challenging Ugly/Beauty poem found here, in which typefaces exert unusual pressure on the textual meaning.
Want more Terry? Feel free to visit his website here.
Orchid Tierney is an MA student at the University of Otago. She has numerous publications on and offline. Her first book, Brachiation, was released from the Gumtree Press in 2012. She edits Rem Magazine, a journal dedicated to New Zealand experimental writing. Wander over to her personal website here.
Please take some time to experience the marvellous selections of poetry from the Tuesday Poem community. You can find these listed along at the sidebar.
