Scorpyn Odes
By: Laynie Browne
Publisher: Kore Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781888553703
Subjects: Scorpions; American poetry; POETRY / American / General; POETRY / Epic; Poetry
Work titles: Poems
Description: "Scorpyn Odes explores the iconic history of the scorpion in literature and mythology, as animal and constellation, demon, poison and guardian. What may be learned from a species with a four-hundred-million year history? How might evolutionary intelligence be a lens through which to consider various cultural maladies? Verse odes are interspersed with prose departures, and muse upon the many literal and metaphorical connotations of leaving. What must we celebrate, and from what must we depart in order to reaffirm a more sustainable humanity? What is the human equivalent to molting? What happens when disintegration of landscape becomes internalized? What depths of loss do we traverse in a time when toxicity challenges our ability to see our surroundings? How to build a house of hope with the potency to counter symptomatic forgetfulness? This work explores the possibility of "departure" as locomotion or energy source, travel and incantatory momentum"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.