Litany of Desire - Staceyanne Chin

[schroederjt]

Litany of Desire

Comments

[rajmahall]

This got published?

[schroederjt]

http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-9780743476225-1

[martyoutloud]

Just FYI, there's no "e" at the end of her name.

[a_zoetrope]

Ha! This is absolutely awful! The metaphors are muddled and absurd. Even the 4 lines make absolutely no sense. A litany is not a "them" which can be "wrapped." It's singular and the metaphor doesn't pan out at all.

Robert Frost said that "a good metaphor must ride on it's own melting like ice on a hot griddle." Does this do that? No. Clothed in the absolution? Oh please.

I am all for experimental and "exploring the connections between sex and religious ecstasy" poetry, but this is not any kind of good.

[a_zoetrope]

I meant to say "first 4 lines"

[blue_thundering]

Agreed. Thanks for sharing, schroederjt -- great conversation starter. I question the merit, by the way, of even trying to put Def Jam Poetry into book form (as opposed to, say, audio); I'd wager less than half of it even comes close to working well on the page.

[seekingosiris]

god, i love her.