Good want : poetry / by Domenica Martinello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martinello, Domenica, 1991- author.

Standardized Title:

Good want (Compilation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry--21st century.

Canadian poetry.

Poetry--Canada.

Poetry.

Prayer--Poetry.

Prayer.

Religion--Poetry.

Religion.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

109 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Coach House Books, [2024]

Summary:

"What if poetry and prayer are the same: intimate and inconclusive, hopeful and useless, a private communion that hooks you to the thrashing, imperfect world? Good Want entertains the notion that perhaps virtue is a myth that's outgrown its uses. Exploring the value and shame ascribed to our desires both silly and serious - artistic, superficial, spiritual, relational - these poems grapple with deeply rooted questions: How can there be a relationship between goodness and godliness, if god is a character with shifting allegiances and priorities? Is clarity worth the pain of redefining your experience of the world? Is privacy the same as secrecy the same as deceit? Each caveat becomes a prayer, ritual, invocation, dream, or confession, requiring a blind faith that feels increasingly more impossible to sustain. Good Want looks inward, at once both sincere and tongue-in-cheek, to confront the hum of class and intergenerational trauma. Playing with and deconstructing received notions of 'good,' 'bad,' and 'god,' these poems open up a series of further possibilities: empathy for difficult people, acceptance of our difficult selves, and joy in every difficult thing."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Martinello, Domenica, 1991- Good want.

ISBN:

9781552454824

1552454827

OCLC:

1395536597

Publisher Number:

90104556884