Stephen W. Sweigart
THE MARTYRDOM: Th e Revenge of Art 1992-1994,was written in 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 traditionalverse. It is the story of Julietta and Sebastian, as well as Godriella,Tarketa, Xlara. Th ere are six completed portions, and twounfi nished. Th e fi ctional Communist Left , and its 13th PresidentFiLMer MiNerd, in the State of New Jerzip, are 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 same house since1985, near Philadelphia in New Jersey. He works part timestill though a senior citizen. He is an audiophile, gardener, andstudied cclassical piano at Temple and Rutgers Universities. Hehas a BA in English from Temple University. He has traveledoft en to Europe. He has also studied Psychiatry at Xavier andUniversity of Pennsylvania.
