Strange Hymn : Poems / Carlene Kucharczyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kucharczyk, Carlene, 1988- author.

Series:

Juniper Prize for Poetry.

Juniper Prize for Poetry Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors--Poetry.

Authors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, Massachusetts : University of Massachusetts Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Strange Hymn by Carlene Kucharczyk is a meticulously crafted lyrical journey exploring morality and humanity. The poems here grapple with understanding physical loss. They also engage with the more abstract slipping away of memory and time. Kucharczyk's insightful poems blur the lines between history and myth, love and grief, song and silence, often caught between lamenting the passage of time and rejoicing in small beauties. Each moment reflects on our ephemeral lives from musings on art and nature to reflections on the self. As readers traverse this collection, they learn how the body sings, the many iterations of Mary, what sirens truly think of Odysseus, how a Morning Glory unfurls, and lessons in orthodontics, but most importantly, how to live with absence. Kucharczyk is a master of manipulating time and space through her dynamic use of form, creating a narrative that begs, 'After I'm gone, don't bury my body- / Burn it, and turn it into song'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

church

On Beholding the Beloved's Rotting Body

The Sirens

song

Dark Corner

October Snow

Moonvine

Lady Agnes

Mary

The Language of Fairytales

Ode to Eventide

Aubade in Orange

Do Not Hold the Birds

Ode to Shoulders

All the Girls Were There, and Gorgeous

the crow

All Souls

i do not remember much about that winter

Curtains

The Agony in the Garden

In Medias Res

[you were in the world]

Self-Portrait through Glass

[be blown back]

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781685751425

1685751423