#565

Temple with
a mouse
Unfinished Poemtry
Simphony simphony
The future and
slow sweat membranes
Meembraaannces
me
rembrantsces
are meer
and looking
uponto
the hills are dead
fire at the inset
come, now.

Cagen Turblaht (1966)

“Using all means necessary, including unorthodox spelling, as tools to undo words, to undo our world, is the point of my work”, explained Cagen Turblaht in the only published interview he is known to have given (in a small french magazine in 1976).
Turblaht was born in Africa, his father a Belgian diplomat. The identity of his mother is unknown, which caused a family scandal, and has been cited as a reason for his relocation in 1953 to the US. He made a living as a pianist in small clubs and bars on the west coast, until the early 70s. His source of income after that is unknown. He published 5 small collections of poems, although there is believed to be at least five times more material that has, as of yet, to be published.

A.F. Bytt (red). Taxonomy of Forgotten Poets of the 20th Century (volume 3). Buffalo; University of West Seneca. 1999. p. 45.