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A Bell Buried Deep
These mystical lyrics retell the biblical story of Ha'gar. "The Casting of Stones"
She is raw, as if a great hand whittled her down to bone.
She gleams beneath her eyes; she is full with the death of desire,
with the absence of useless moons. She is the conundrum
of what is filled, her emptiness beyond our ken; she holds
nothing; her skin, a sieve. She is gone beyond
us, where dust is water and water, sprinkling sand.
We have walked with our sandals upon her; we have leaned
into her void. We have called out her name
in the desert; we have found twelve polished stones. Veronica Golos is director of poetry programs at the 14th Street Y.
She is raw, as if a great hand whittled her down to bone.
She gleams beneath her eyes; she is full with the death of desire,
with the absence of useless moons. She is the conundrum
of what is filled, her emptiness beyond our ken; she holds
nothing; her skin, a sieve. She is gone beyond
us, where dust is water and water, sprinkling sand.
We have walked with our sandals upon her; we have leaned
into her void. We have called out her name
in the desert; we have found twelve polished stones. Veronica Golos is director of poetry programs at the 14th Street Y.
- GenresPoetry
70 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2003
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August 30, 2023
3.5 for sure. Some nice language, solid consistent themes, emotional, and deeply meaningful. Good mix of history and fictional adaptations of similar feelings. Not much to say just above average poetry for me
June 27, 2020
Not to bad if you want something different.
January 30, 2014
My friend loaned this book to me, and I read it during a slow and boring Christmas craft show.
Understanding the poetry was challenging (as per usual), but I enjoyed the threads of slave and mistress, mother by birth vs. the mother who raises a child, and the love of women that were woven throughout the poems in this collection.
Understanding the poetry was challenging (as per usual), but I enjoyed the threads of slave and mistress, mother by birth vs. the mother who raises a child, and the love of women that were woven throughout the poems in this collection.
August 10, 2014
I had the honor of meeting the author when she came to Los Alamos for a talk. She read some pieces of this book and I was intrigued by it. Now that I read all the poems I have to say that I truly loved them. The story across time, the beautiful metaphor of the bell, the language… Looking forward to read more from Veronica Golos.
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