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A review by nkmustdie
Poems Dead and Undead by
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Devils, Gods, Angels, Death
(pg. 149-245)
The Gardener - Stephen Dobyns
"Oh, great was the sin of my spirit,
And great is the reach of its doom;
Not the pity of Heaven can cheer it,
Nor can respite be found in the tomb:
Down the aeons come beating the wings of unmerciful gloom" from Nemesis by H.P. Lovecraft
"Real holy laughter in the river! They saw it all! the wild eyes! the holy yells! They bade farewell! They jumped off the roof! to solitude! waving!" from Howl, Part II by Allen Ginsberg
The Devil's Walk - Robert Southey
"and at the stars,
Which are the brain of Heaven, he lol I'd, and sank." from Lucifer in Starlight
Deus Ex Machina - Jennifer Clement
Flute Playing the Death of This be (from A Midsummer Night's Dream) - William Shakespeare
"Soon are eyes tired with sunshine; soon the ears
Weary of utterance, seeing all is said;
Soon, racked by hopes and fears,
The all-pondering, all-contriving head,
Weary with all things, wearies of the years;
And our sad spirits turn toward the dead And the tired child, the body, longs for bed." from Death, To the Dead for Evermore - Robert Louis Stevenson
"In Sixth Heaven, angels of wrath and silence greet you. Cherubs and arranging dance; gazelles with dappled faces flank the throne; light strikes the trembling heart. You are alone.
You'll see a god of the fire trailing stars, then climb to see the chariot throne, and still survive unharmed. Through blinding flame, through water, you'll enter seven heavens and fall, whole." from Instructions for a Journey - Grace Schulman
Isis Unveiled
"The Indian café and the occult bookstore and the dreamy skeptic I was are inside me still, and so is the night" from Isis Unveiled - Edward Hirsch
(pg. 149-245)
The Gardener - Stephen Dobyns
"Oh, great was the sin of my spirit,
And great is the reach of its doom;
Not the pity of Heaven can cheer it,
Nor can respite be found in the tomb:
Down the aeons come beating the wings of unmerciful gloom" from Nemesis by H.P. Lovecraft
"Real holy laughter in the river! They saw it all! the wild eyes! the holy yells! They bade farewell! They jumped off the roof! to solitude! waving!" from Howl, Part II by Allen Ginsberg
The Devil's Walk - Robert Southey
"and at the stars,
Which are the brain of Heaven, he lol I'd, and sank." from Lucifer in Starlight
Deus Ex Machina - Jennifer Clement
Flute Playing the Death of This be (from A Midsummer Night's Dream) - William Shakespeare
"Soon are eyes tired with sunshine; soon the ears
Weary of utterance, seeing all is said;
Soon, racked by hopes and fears,
The all-pondering, all-contriving head,
Weary with all things, wearies of the years;
And our sad spirits turn toward the dead And the tired child, the body, longs for bed." from Death, To the Dead for Evermore - Robert Louis Stevenson
"In Sixth Heaven, angels of wrath and silence greet you. Cherubs and arranging dance; gazelles with dappled faces flank the throne; light strikes the trembling heart. You are alone.
You'll see a god of the fire trailing stars, then climb to see the chariot throne, and still survive unharmed. Through blinding flame, through water, you'll enter seven heavens and fall, whole." from Instructions for a Journey - Grace Schulman
Isis Unveiled
"The Indian café and the occult bookstore and the dreamy skeptic I was are inside me still, and so is the night" from Isis Unveiled - Edward Hirsch