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About clairedonato

Claire Donato lives and writes in Brooklyn, NY. Her poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in the Boston Review, Black Warrior Review, Fou, and Harp & Altar. She is the author of a chapbook, Someone Else's Body (Cannibal Books 2009). Claire graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008 and is currently completing an MFA in Literary Arts at Brown University.

Paper Garden

Posted on July 7, 2010 by clairedonato

Now we are talking about something, else we are talking, slapping Slapping one, another slaps, another one slaps and an Other’s leg grazes, up, ↑ towards the ceiling, a Plaster surface upon which Another’s leg grazes, slapping.  And this athleticism, henceforth … Continue reading →

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One Symbol of Grief

Posted on July 7, 2010 by clairedonato

One horse holds the hand and sheds his handbook. One horse loops and drops, kicks a cylindrical pipe. One kicks the back calf rotation.  This is the shimmy-shim out. One kicks the other kicks dull metal music.  Sounds like a … Continue reading →

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Half-Horse (during Jordan & Billy’s performance)

Posted on October 29, 2009 by clairedonato

The horse dies, lifts its leg, its breastbone gripped by body suspended in space.  One perceives the horse is dead, limp.  One perceives the horse reborn when it works up to a rise. One does not perceive another horse dead … Continue reading →

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Entry Point (during Billy & Jordan’s afternoon performance)

Posted on October 29, 2009 by clairedonato

If the only entry point is animal. If the only entry point is animal is dog on the ground is harpoon. If the only entry point is animal is dog on the ground is harpoon then this is dead narwhal … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Process

Posted on October 25, 2009 by clairedonato

Each day at The Intimacies Project, Bill Hayward invites visitors to participate in collaborative portraits. As part of The American Memory Project, the resulting photographs document connections between strangers. Collaborators are given paper, paint, and permission to explore their relationships … Continue reading →

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Performance (II): 10.23.2009

Posted on October 25, 2009 by clairedonato

This is playing dead in someone’s arms, spiraling on one’s knees. This is a series of moves.  From every slat on the floor, arms outstretched clasp elbows. This is how to mount one’s breastbone, static for a very long time. … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Portrait: Uncertainty (III)

Posted on October 25, 2009 by clairedonato

Uncertainty 1. Back up a little more.  Drop your paper where it was.  Where you had it before.  What I would do I would flip it around.  Spread your feet a little more.  Don’t blink.   Hook your thumb in your … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Portrait: Uncertainty (II)

Posted on October 25, 2009 by clairedonato

“I was trying to feel uncertain.”

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Collaborative Portrait: Uncertainty

Posted on October 25, 2009 by clairedonato

Uncertainty Pull your shirt down.  Chin up.  Cock your head to one side or another.  Come around a little.  Shirt down.  Hand on your hips.  Do you have pockets.  Drop that hand down.  Walk around a second loosen up.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Finale

Posted on October 25, 2009 by clairedonato

One hovers at bent angle near the room’s black wall. Two spin the same this is clone torpedo. One holds the other back spins. Out toward the room’s black wall. One pirouettes the curve also the room’s back wall. Spinning … Continue reading →

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