Motherworld : a devotional for the alter-life / Destiny Hemphill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemphill, Destiny, author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

95 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, IN: Action Books, 2023.

Contents:

i. the portal appears

what is a ritual with no return?

apocalypso song #3

a prophet-mother, moonstruck & star-stricken

murmurings

apocalypso song #8, the water chants

ghazal for the motherworld

a prophet-mother's sermon on the scar

fragments salvaged from the oracles of mama-n-em

we ask mama-n-em, "why do you study astrology?"

check in: depending on who you are

ii. & the portal opens

dispatches from the now/here

when we asked mama-n-em to pray

the future is un-settled

crown shyness, or breathing practice

a prophet-mother channels a message on the alter-life

are you sure you wanna be well, sweetheart?

a chronicle of scrying in five parts

check-in: the end of this world

iii. & the portal expands

like and orb. like a planet

blood memory : a riddle

hymn in the name of mama-n-em: nellie & lucinda

more alive than when you began

mapmaking

Six of Swords

hymn in the name of mama-n-em: amy, thank you for many times

check in: apocalypse

we ask mama-n-em, "where is the motherworld?"

apocalypso song #33, a prophecy of care

how we got our blues-tongue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

ISBN:

9780900575174

0900575174

OCLC:

1375036237

Publisher Number:

99994154971