Matthew Bullen
“Interesting Landscapes”
There was this bear cam
on the Internet.
From There was this bear cam, Sandra Simonds
The best way to make a landscape
interesting is to slap a bear in there.
Under a bush in the cedars,
the sky bulging with stars,
the bear lights a pipe.
At sunset, by a pebbled shore,
the bear wades into the waves
in a string bikini.
On a slippery dune in the desert,
surrounded by metalworking gear,
the bear lights a campfire.
The bear sniffs at a moth
in a fragrant summer meadow.
The bear stands on a galleon’s prow
in an amethyst sea, tosses a lifeboat
overboard.
In a garden of mossy sculptures,
the bear digs with a tiny shovel.
The bear also bites.
Matthew Bullen holds an MA in creative writing from Lancaster University and is the founder and editor-in-chief of Red Ogre Review, an indie press that publishes an online journal of contemporary poetry and visual art, along with a poetry chapbook series. Matt has poetry published or forthcoming with Arsenic Lobster, Broken Antler, BS/WS, Cape Magazine, FERAL, glassworks, Harpy Hybrid Review, Quibble Lit, Rejection Letters, The Daily Drunk (SMOL Fair Zine), The Friday Poem, tiny frights, and Underwood. His first microcollection, Who Needs a Door When You Have a Fence, was recently published by Rinky Dink Press. He has also published creative nonfiction with National Geographic and the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, and fine art photography with Exist Otherwise, Punk Monk Magazine, and Setu Magazine. He lives in Santa Monica, California.
