Vincent Zepp

Unum Saltum Et Siffletum Et Unum Bumbulum

i am a fool
and
a flautist

if you’ve read

your
liber feodorum
book of fiefs

youll
see that

henry II
gifted me

hemingstone manor in suffolk
and

30 acres

not bad for
a

jester

and all i have to do
is

show up
once
a year
at

christmas
and
at
the

kings request
i
roland le petour

the greatest
of

all fools

one jump one whistle one fart

Vincent Zepp—Personal Statement:

“Arriving at the time in history (including literary history) when I did. I was blessed to have such a rich tradition of poetry, art, music, and culture available to me. This continues to allow my poetry to flourish in a rich loam of influences. The work I believe is representative of the best thoughts and intuitions of my generation of writers whose challenge is to move forward with the gifts given to us from previous generations of artists. From Ferlinghetti who opened my eyes to Pound and Eliot through the various significant literary and art movements of the 20th century. Then there was the haiku master Basho who showed us frogs leaping into the pond of our mind. John Berryman said our poetry should be something no one else could do. I’ve tried to focus on that idea.”