Poetry. The poems in BLACK SEEDS ON A WHITE DISH spring from the search for what is generated and discovered when loss and desire occupy the same space. But lamentation is not the primary focus by destabilizing everything in its reach, loss disables rigidity. These poems shift widely in form and tone, and seeds invoke the creative germ that spurs the metamorphoses occupying them: "Nothing to do but let the form of things take over." Shapes themselves, including punctuation, become a language throughout."
Poetry. The poems in BLACK SEEDS ON A WHITE DISH spring from the search for what is generated and discovered when loss and desire occupy the same spac...
First issued in the USA by Tilt Press, this is the 2nd edition of Shira Dentz's debut chapbook, and makes a fascinating contrast to her first full-length collection, black seeds on a white dish (2010), also available from Shearsman.
First issued in the USA by Tilt Press, this is the 2nd edition of Shira Dentz's debut chapbook, and makes a fascinating contrast to her first full-len...
