God had a body : poems / Jennie Malboeuf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malboeuf, Jennie Maria, author.

Series:

Blue light books

Blue Light Books

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xiv, 94 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]

Contents:

I

First Death Ever Filmed p. 5

Christ is a Great Blue Heron p. 6

The Cow's Eye p. 7

Animals in the Bible p. 8

Frog Gig, 1983 p. 9

Some Things Have Been Heard Enough p. 10

Grackles p. 11

Wilding p. 12

Ruth p. 13

Sacred Heart p. 14

The Meaning of God p. 16

A Figure for the Holy Ghost p. 17

II

The Country p. 21

Orrery p. 22

The Leonids p. 23

Early Signs of the Apocalypse p. 24

Zoonosis p. 25

Song of the Cock p. 26

Men in My Bed as Dead Animal in Dog Mouth p. 27

Original Meal p. 28

Landscape Where I Forget My Father p. 29

Blindfold p. 30

The Waxwing p. 32

Animals in Captivity p. 34

The Nightjar p. 35

Phylum::class::order::family::genus p. 36

The Giving Away p. 37

Repletion p. 38

Snake-handling p. 39

Fear p. 40

What the Eclipse Does to Animals p. 41

The Miracle of the Pigs p. 42

Landscape Where I Miss My Mother p. 43

Phobia, 1985 p. 44

Iullaby p. 45

Grandmothers p. 46

The Men p. 47

In the Myths p. 48

Kingdom p. 49

Hubris p. 50

The Women p. 51

Parable p. 52

First Mirror p. 53

The Screwworm p. 54

Mnemonics p. 55

Ode to the Cannibal p. 56

Man, Beast, Lion, Bird p. 57

God-man p. 58

Inscape p. 59

Thought Inventory with Rorschach and Caesura p. 60

Letting Go p. 61

Topography of a Bird p. 62

III

Newfound Star System p. 65

Double Star- p. 66

Orbs p. 67

The Godwit p. 68

To Begin With p. 69

Heavy Animals, or Frustrated Attempts to See God p. 70

Immolation p. 71

The Hydra p. 72

Eschatology p. 73

The Gospels p. 74

The Lesser Water Boatman p. 75

Orgasm as Lapwing p. 76

Erection p. 77

Valentine p. 78

The Quickening p. 79

Wedding Night p. 80

Elfland p. 81

Nesting p. 82

Flying change p. 83

Origin of God p. 84

Strawberry Moon p. 85

Honest Signals p. 86

Reasons We Should Be Together p. 87

The Night We Decided Was a Day p. 88.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Malboeuf, Jennie Maria, author. God had a body

ISBN:

9780253047243

0253047242

OCLC:

1091847788