Matthew Dischner

Erdélyi Táncok


Erdélyi Táncok

by Matthew Dischner

My cats prick up at the sound of Bartók,

their tails arrhythmically conducting

an uneven harmonic minor

as they yowl with the violins,

circling for supremacy over a discarded hair tie.

About the author…

A disciple of the experimental humanities and freelance historian, Matthew Dischner’s writings mix his passion for poetry and obsession with the natural world. A graduate of NYU’s recently transformed Draper Program, Matthew splits his time between the […]

Erdélyi Táncok2020-06-08T06:49:40+00:00

Two Stanzas in Free Verse

By Matthew Dischner

 

I feel it at the back of my brain,
an itch I cannot scratch,
a small splinter palpable only
when one thought rubs another,
brushing the sliver against grey matter.
A spike of intensity –
sharp, swift, gone.

 

A disciple of the experimental humanities, Matthew Dischner’s writings mix his passion for poetry and obsession with the natural world. A graduate of NYU’s recently transformed Draper Program, Matthew currently works for the Smithsonian’s Freer/Sackler Galleries. He can often be found obsessing over Central Asian archaeology or pontificating on the Virginia wine industry. You can read his other works at http://indulgencezine.com and mdischner.wordpress.com.

Two Stanzas in Free Verse2019-01-14T00:01:47+00:00

THELO NIOUS

By Matthew Dischner

THELO
NIOUS

An off-chord ceramic strike
signals a renaissance:
a mistake made music,
a staccato affogato dim7
slap across the cerebellum,

a reminder of writing poetry
on a bench on Morningside Ave
in the winter
and the sound
the birds made in the snow.

 

A disciple of the experimental humanities, Matthew Dischner’s writings mix his passion for poetry and obsession with the natural world. A graduate of NYU’s recently transformed Draper Program, Matthew currently works for the Smithsonian’s Freer/Sackler Galleries. He can often be found obsessing over Central Asian archaeology or pontificating on the Virginia wine industry. You can read his other works at […]

THELO NIOUS2019-01-14T00:02:28+00:00
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