apocrifa
by
Amber Flame
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1636280633
ISBN-13
9781636280639
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Imprint
Red Hen Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 29th, 2023
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
112 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 16.70 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
PoetryPoetry by individual poets
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apocrifa is a nongendered love story told in verse, the journey of a lover and their beloved finding each other, falling apart, and then creating their own way to love together.
apocrifa imagines a love that sits comfortably at the crossroads of commitment and freedom. The developing intimacy between a lover and their beloved is propelled by a compendium of words for love, romance, sex, relationships, and affection that do not lend to direct translation in English. Serving as both titles and markers of the progression of time, these poetically defined words highlight the growing tension of one who claims “i cannot love you enough/to unlove the wide world” and yet is inextricably drawn to the offer of “a place of sustenance, rest, and my delight in your very bones.” Heavily inspired by the metaphors and structures of Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon), from the Apocryphal books of the Bible, the characters speak to each other with contrapuntal call-and-response while letting us into their private thoughts through epistles, sestinas, odes, and other poetic forms.
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