The Storehouses of the Snow Psalms, Parables, and Dreams |
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| Author:
| Memmer, Philip |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9839975-5-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | Lost Horse Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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n his delightfully audacious fourth book, Philip Memmer addresses a deity who is "always ceasing / to be, and then ceasing / to cease to be." In Psalms that fuse contemporary language and wit with scriptural gesture, Memmer knits a sweater for God and presents Him with new "by-laws" for their unsatisfactory relationship; in recast biblical stories and invented parables, he foregrounds God's absence and sanctioned destructions. But the poet's disappointment with the one he calls Father...
More Descriptionn his delightfully audacious fourth book, Philip Memmer addresses a deity who is "always ceasing / to be, and then ceasing / to cease to be." In Psalms that fuse contemporary language and wit with scriptural gesture, Memmer knits a sweater for God and presents Him with new "by-laws" for their unsatisfactory relationship; in recast biblical stories and invented parables, he foregrounds God's absence and sanctioned destructions. But the poet's disappointment with the one he calls Father is tempered by wistfulness and wisdom; even before the book's surprising final turn, he offers this: "you must / find the kingdom empty, / then make it yours.