The Martyrdom

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THE MARTYRDOM: The Revenge of Art 1992-1994, was written in the early nineteen-nineties. It is a Surrealist poem, with modern text, with projective verse, made-up words, and words made of capitals and small letters. It also had traditional verses. It is the story of Julietta and Sebastian, as well as Godriella, Tarketa, Xlara. There are six completed portions and two unfinished. The fi fictional Communist Left, and its 13th President FiLMer MiNerd, in the State of New Jerzip, is confronted by DeMORePs. Originally a computer poem in BASIC, with sound. Here only the text is printed. STEPHEN SWEIGART has been writing poetry books for 50 years. He has worked at various jobs, primarily at a large distributor, for 60 years. He has lived in the same house since 1985, near Philadelphia in New Jersey. He works part-time still though a senior citizen. He is an audiophile, and gardener, and studied classical piano at Temple and Rutgers Universities. He has a BA in English from Temple University. He has traveled often to Europe. He has also studied Psychiatry at Xavier and The University of Pennsylvania.