XXII. is from my long poem, "Asylum: A Personal, Historical, Natural Inquiry in 103 Lyric Sections." The book itself is a journey through grief, terror and survival exploring the threat of human despair, amidst the devastation of history, racism, personal tragedy and fear of a collapsed society. The natural world, a yoga practice, a boy, a mother, a poet, and voices from Plath, Dante, and Celan among others, figure in the book. In this poem, the poet accompanies a young boy through the park with an awareness the boy does not yet have of the dangers and threats that lurk.
Jill Bialosky on "XXII." |
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"2021 Poetry Review: Part 3"
In the final installment of NPR's poetry preview, Ana Božičević and Ken Chen, along with Craig Morgan Teicher, select anticipated releases for the upcoming year in poetry, including work by Nathaniel Mackey, Kathleen Ossip and Tomaž Šalamun.
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