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Titulus Bl

Titulus Bl

Israel-Valentine, Shayna Christine

Paperback

Letters & Essays

ISBN13: 9798369466780
Publisher: Xlibris Us
Published: Mar 2 2026
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Titulus Bl has bardic concern. It puts a title above a door: Form Poetry Is Not Dead. Even Christ had a title placed above his body when he was concerned about something. So, this collection is a signed announcement & question: It wonders how can language poetry's inquiry be found in the midst of modernist form and riddle? How can language poetry, parable and verse poetry be forged into a cleft in order to make a liminal, interstitial plane heft in between a rock and a hard place? A riddling sign may be the only way out. This is a very masculine and intentional collection. The poet considers Bahktin's equivalencies, Bernstein's L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, the consequential in Harjo's work and Derrida's commitment to tracing poetry to one's heart, archive. In this collection the poet is bl, in an expressed mood as well as satisfaction. It is a sign, and it is a color. There are many puzzles, poetic forms, prose essays and cohens. Just like the Titulus Crucis, it uses acrostic; it sacrifices itself and seriousness in order to make an important claim: Form poetry is not dead.

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