The Martyrdom

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, andwords made of capitals and small letters. It also had traditionalverses. It is the story of Julietta and Sebastian, as well as Godriella,Tarketa, Xlara. There are six completed portions and twounfinished. The fi fictional Communist Left, and its 13th PresidentFiLMer MiNerd, in the State of New Jerzip, is confrontedby DeMORePs. Originally a computer poem in BASIC, withsound. Here only the text is printed.STEPHEN SWEIGART has been writing poetry books for50 years. He has worked at various jobs, primarily at a largedistributor, for 60 years. He has lived in the same house since1985, near Philadelphia in New Jersey. He works part-timestill though a senior citizen. He is an audiophile, and gardener, andstudied classical piano at Temple and Rutgers Universities. Hehas a BA in English from Temple University. He has traveledoften to Europe. He has also studied Psychiatry at Xavier andThe University of Pennsylvania.