by Luke Hankins (Author)
Testament bears witness to traumas--cultural, personal, and spiritual--as well as moments of revelatory transport. While the catalyzing tragedies and dilemmas are never out of mind, these nuanced poems maintain faith in the act of speaking as a pathway through despair and toward transformation.
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From "Perspective" And where does your desire for immortality fit in a cosmos predicated on loss?
(Gain, too--but not for you.)
Better to commit yourself to decay, try to find beauty in it. And if you can't,
it may at least seem beautiful to another, far away.
Author Biography
LUKE HANKINS is the author of two poetry collections, Radiant Obstacles and Weak Devotions, and a collection of essays, The Work of Creation. A Cry in the Snow & Other Poems, a volume of translations from the French of Stella Vinitchi Radulescu, was released by Seagull Books in 2019. Hankins is the founder and editor of Orison Books, a non-profit literary press focused on the life of the spirit from a broad and inclusive range of perspectives.
Number of Pages: 32
Dimensions: 0.16 x 8.27 x 5.35 IN
Publication Date: February 15, 2023
