Little Human Relics
Paperback 46 pages English Aug 14, 2018
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The poems in LITTLE HUMAN RELICS weave through various notions of home: a family farm, the mythic backdrop of Bavaria, a cityscape of urban noise and expectations, and quiet interiors of domestic life. Whether overhearing a lament about marriage at a nail salon, or standing vigil over the grave of a newly-buried horse, these poems invite readers to step over the page's threshold into a kitchen... a gothic cathedral... a lover's bed. These poems celebrate the ways in which devotion elevates all things in one's life to a position of reverence; a poem which marvels at the brutality of religious relics is placed alongside one which depicts the mending of a child's nightgown, and both the religious veneration and a small act of love inspire equal awe. As the title suggests, these poems are carefully captured moments that may have flown past, but instead are a constellation of objects, events, and characters which hold emotional truth and stark beauty. Like relics, they exist to both conjure memory as well as teach readers a little bit more about what it means to be human.
- Author:
- Amanda Williams
- Publisher:
- Unsolicited Press
- Publication Date:
- Aug 14, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 46 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1947021559
- ISBN-13:
- 9781947021556