​Hundertwasser, by Daniele Nunziata

​Hundertwasser

abolish the straight lines,
               curve all landscapes

bright fluorescence occupies
            all spaces and crevices

irregular trees, irregular from birth
                   intersperse with erratic borderless buildings

set loose from architectural pressures to conform
        and unnatural rhythms of precision

as if unbuilt; as if chaos unleashed with garish
      disuniformity and spasmodic liberty

                    allows human expression to shriek
final, fitful, free.

Daniele Nunziata

Daniele Nunziata is a poet and a lecturer in English literature at the University of Oxford. His poetry has been performed live on BBC Radio and has been published in numerous journals and magazines, including (most recently) the Oxonian Review, Life-Writing of Immeasurable Events, and Open House. He is also a contributor to Writers Make Worlds. His first book is forthcoming later this year.