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Shelter In Place

Shelter In Place

Kyle, Catherine

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $15.00

ISBN10: 1949966402
ISBN13: 9781949966404
Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil
Published: Sep 1 2019
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In her collection, Shelter in Place, Catherine Kyle offers unapologetic mirrors and terrifying prophecies; these graceful, imaginative poems are not afraid to look into the deep dark--within and without--into the places we often close our eyes against. Refusing retreat, spurning sanctuary, Kyle's poetry is interrogatory, seeking answers: if we advocate awareness as a balm, especially now in the age of the image, how can we stare into the faces of suffering and do nothing? She goes on to ask: if this world is a story, / what is its moral, an answer that relies on our acceptance of responsibility as the sovereign or the heir. Will we be parent or legacy, liberator or disciple? Kyle reminds us that although we often give in--make deals with crossroads demons, relinquish our hands for gloves, the softest kid skin, take the easy outs--through it all we have a choice; we can choose to be museums, to make shelters of / our bodies, to carry the ghosts / of what is lost. We can become custom jobs, play our parts, save empathy, create change. Even as Kyle's poetry terrifies and punctures us with worry, it rebels, refusing to relinquish hope, goading us into bravery. Shelter in Place is a warning, a slap in the face, a kick in the ass, a pre-apocalyptic prayer, a guide to action where agency equals lullaby elegy power.

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