Splay Anthem by Nathaniel Mackey

Splay Anthem

Nathaniel Mackey

126 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
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In the cosmology of the Dogon of West Africa, the Andoumboulou are progenitor spirits, and the song of the Andoumboulou is a song addressed to the spirits, a funeral song, a song of rebirth. "Mu," too, splays with meaning: muni bird, Greek muthos,...

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