Kissing God Goodbye: Poems 1991-1997
Should anyone be doubting the existence of an authentically activist poetry, a glance at the life and work of Jordan will demonstrate once and for all the tradition in full effect. Deceptively simple lines that leap from the page, down the throat and straight into the heart?where they begin to boil. Consider this plain and penetrating theological arrow launched at Operation Rescue: "You mean to tell me on the 12th day or the 13th/ that the Lord.../ decided who could live and who could die?/ And after he did what?.../ created alleyways of death/ and acid rain/ and infant mortality rates/ and sons of the gun.../ Oh! Not that guy?" Once disarmed, the reader receives the question?where do you stand? and must decide what to do. It is hard to imagine a more effective method and, combined with the life Jordan has led, a more effective public poetry. Recommended for all libraries.?Steven Ellis, Pennsylvania State University Libs.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.