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Apocrifa : poems / Amber Flame.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flame, Amber, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Love poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (90 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- odic
- voorpret
- elegy: solitude
- toska
- epistle: a postcard upon arrival
- quatern: premonition
- yuanfen
- mamihlapinatapei
- koi no yokan
- gretchenfrage
- fensterln
- kilig
- iktsuarpok
- forelsket
- naz
- epistle: a reply to a friend still traveling
- cafuné
- hyggelig
- oodal
- luftmensch
- fernweh
- cinquain: apprehension
- epistle: a letter upon arriving in a new place
- dor
- la douleur exquise
- kara sevde
- dapjeongneo
- prozvonit
- golden shovel: laceration
- epistle: a letter with a promise after receiving no response
- sestina: intention
- saudade
- onsra
- razliubit
- cavoli riscaldati
- lítost
- epistle: a journal entry pondering return
- viraag
- media naranja
- sonnet: inhalation
- ilunga
- retrouvailles
- epistle: a note at the start of the day containing a conjuration
- ode: invocation
- ya'aburnee
- apocrifa
- Biographical Note
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781636280646
- 1636280641
- OCLC:
- 1376195174
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