Zan de Parry

The Origin of Surfing


when the great ocean stood
her water fell off
and made the ocean
when the ocean stood
her water fell off
and made the great lake
when the great lake stood
her water fell off
and made the lake
in middle-night
in glass brassier
our reflection
in the creek


Zan de Parry holds workshops with Lansdale 5th graders and co-runs Keith LLC. Publications include Vibraphone (Brest Press, Detroit, 2014), Austerity Brunch (Keith LLC, Austin, 2017), and the forthcoming Hennie (Tabloid Presse, Berlin, 2019), as well as other things in print and online. Currently in Philadelphia.