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Zachary Schomburg, the muse

Zachary Schomburg is the father of 35 children, none of which are visible. They are very tiny and live in his hair. They are the ones who wrote these two books: The Man Suit (Black Ocean, 2007) and Scary, No Scary (Black Ocean, 2009). Zachary Schomburg is a girl. Zachary Schomburg is a refrigerator. Zachary Schomburg is a talking wolf and she co-edits Octopus Magazine and Octopus Books while living in Portland, OR.

You can follow Mr. Schomurg at The Lovely Arc on Tumblr.

Oct

2009

The Monster Hour

The Monster Hour was a visual tribute to the surrealist poetry of Zachary Schomburg, inspired by his written collection The Man Suit. The show exhibited from October 2nd-31st and featured interpretations in sculpture, installation, photography, and mixed media by the Disquieted Few. Zachary Schomurg exhibited a selection of his video poetry, which can be seen here.

The reception was held at the Pleasant Street Gallery on Friday, October 2nd, from 6-9 pm. The event included a poetry reading at 8 pm from Mr. Schomburg tailored to the occasion.

The Monster Hour

by Zachary Schomburg

On the Monster Hour, there was this monster that used to come out and try to kill everybody in the audience. No one expected it, not even the producers who were told by the monster he would play a few blues tunes on the piano. The monster apologized after each show and asked for another chance. "I'm planning on telling a few jokes this time" he would say. But time after time he'd break his word and try to kill everybody. The producers finally replaced him with a gorilla in people clothes that came out and played a Wurlitzer, but they never changed the name of the show.It was always the Monster Hour. I don't think anybody understood then what a monster really was.