Septet for the Luminous Ones (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

By: fahima ife

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Synopsis: Continuing her search for a neotropical mythos, in this brilliant second collection poet fahima ife articulates various scenes of subduction. Spoken in quiet recognition and grounded in desire, Septet for the Luminous Ones imagines a lush soundscape textured in oblique spiritual fusion of the Taíno and Yoruba. Or, what it sounded like coming together for the first time, and what it sounds like ever after—breathless, diaspora calling. Similar to the incidents in Maroon Choreography, what resounds in these poems is an ecstatic love song of the Caribbean Americas, of the main lands and islands, shaped and reshaped as breathwork, ritual, communion, and fantasy. In essence, the collection speaks to raise the vibrational frequencies of all species on Earth through a sensual pulse of Black English.From Alchemical Sirensit flickers in balsamic appealmoist in the palms of our handsa psalm a lamp a sap in our lapsan aspplausible love song after love poemswere last put on holdas in b l a ck a r tthe new black art is this — find the lost soul and love it

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 128 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780819500946
Related ISBNs:: 9780819500939
Publisher:: Wesleyan University Press
Date of Addition:: 02/05/24
Copyrighted By:: fahima ife
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Poetry, Health, Mind and Body, Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Grade Levels:: Graduate Student
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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