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Bestiary: Poems
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ISBN10: 1555977588
ISBN13: 9781555977580
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: Oct 11 2016
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781555977580
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: Oct 11 2016
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
Donika Kelly's fierce debut collection, longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award and winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize
I thought myself lion and serpent. Thoughtmyself body enough for two, for we.
Found comfort in never being lonely. What burst from my back, from my bones, what lived
along the ridge from crown to crown, from mane
to forked tongue beneath the skin. What clamor we made in the birthing. What hiss and rumble
at the splitting, at the horns and beard,
at the glottal bleat. What bridges our back. What strong neck, what bright eye. What menagerie
are we. What we've made of ourselves. --from Love Poem: Chimera Across this remarkable first book are encounters with animals, legendary beasts, and mythological monsters--half human and half something else. Donika Kelly's Bestiary is a catalogue of creatures--from the whale and ostrich to the pegasus and chimera to the centaur and griffin. Among them too are poems of love, self-discovery, and travel, from Out West to Back East. Lurking in the middle of this powerful and multifaceted collection is a wrenching sequence that wonders just who or what is the real monster inside this life of survival and reflection. Selected and with an introduction by the National Book Award winner Nikky Finney, Bestiary questions what makes us human, what makes us whole.
to forked tongue beneath the skin. What clamor we made in the birthing. What hiss and rumble
at the splitting, at the horns and beard,
at the glottal bleat. What bridges our back. What strong neck, what bright eye. What menagerie
are we. What we've made of ourselves. --from Love Poem: Chimera Across this remarkable first book are encounters with animals, legendary beasts, and mythological monsters--half human and half something else. Donika Kelly's Bestiary is a catalogue of creatures--from the whale and ostrich to the pegasus and chimera to the centaur and griffin. Among them too are poems of love, self-discovery, and travel, from Out West to Back East. Lurking in the middle of this powerful and multifaceted collection is a wrenching sequence that wonders just who or what is the real monster inside this life of survival and reflection. Selected and with an introduction by the National Book Award winner Nikky Finney, Bestiary questions what makes us human, what makes us whole.
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