God in Her Ruffled Dress enacts conversations between illness and wellness, body and spirit, the temporal and the eternal. These poems chart a personal investigation of the divine, in which erotic desire is central, feminist awareness is inherent, and gender is many-faceted. But the spark for each poem is not ideology, but rather, a lyrical impulse to search and illuminate.
Bookended by two poem-prayers, the book’s four sections move from healing to various forms of creating:
– “Return to the Body” includes poems on Lisa B’s longstanding type 1 diabetes, Biblical scripture, and spiritual transformation.
– “Drum the Beginning of the World” focuses on the human/divine interface through the lens of singing and music, with homages to jazz masters and poems on the author’s own practice as a vocalist.
– “Sever the Head” is inspired by pandemic politics.
– Finally, “Propagate” probes love, sensuality, birth, and death.
Author: Lisa B. (Lisa Bernstein)
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: What Books Press
Published: 10/17/2023
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d
ISBN: 9798986625867
Language: English
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