Suitable for All Methods of Communication by Jacquelyn Bengfort
published by Ghost City Press, can be found here
Read while sitting in bed listening to AM Joy
Author’s note explains the method of communication and I already know I’m gonna like this book
First poem, “Prayer,” and I’m blown away
BRAVO KILO DELTA VICTOR UNAONE
You are overhead I am adrift
I want to get a line from this poem tattooed on the inside of my wrist
Of course the trouble is KILO looks so random without context but it means something important you know?
“Love Song” has a refrain & I think someone could sing this, though I realize singing the “UNIFORM SIERRA UNAONE” part will defeat the purpose of communicating in signal
WWI was, I think, called “the writers’ war” and “Lament” fits it perfectly
Do you think the soldiers who fought in WWI would be disappointed if they saw us now
I think everyone in history would be disappointed if they saw us now tbh
“Ode” is, if I could be forgiven some Gen Z talk, a big mood. The ocean is so amazing and we all should be grateful we have it
I looked up the NATO alphabet to see if I could write a message in it. All I could come up with was this:
BRAVO ZULU TANGO YANKEE
Wonderfully done Thank you
Five years since Suitable made its way into the world. Grateful to everyone who has read it.
