God Was Right Black Earth this time spun with grief

this time spun with grief

Written in the years following the sudden death of Roubaud's wife

" The result: a monstrous zone of linguistic and bodily interpenetration

It tracks my turn from verse to prose poems

God Was Right Black Earth this time spun with griefDiana Hamilton God Was Right collects poems that take the form of arguments, essays, and letters. The title poem argues that God was right to make us love cats (and then watch them die); another categorizes the way women like to be kissed; one proposes a sex ed that takes into account persuasion and pleasure; another argues men should write bad poetry; a letter tries to make friendship about love; a five paragraph essay tries to disarm heartbreak via