Reveille: Poems

by George David Clark

In Reveille a man suffers fits of supernatural coughing, flytraps attack a child, a moray haunts a waterbed, and the prodigal son stalks his local brothel in a pair of lionhide pajamas. These poems survey their host of holy objects and exotic creatures the way one might the emblems in a dream: curious of their meanings but reluctant to interpret them and simplify their mystery. Theologically playful, rhetorically sophisticated, and formally ambitious, Reveille is rooted in awe and driven by the impulse to praise. At heart, these are love poems, though their loves are varied and complicated by terrible threats: that we will cry out and not be answered, fall asleep and never wake. Against such jeopardy Reveille fixes our attention on a lightening horizon.

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

First published February 10, 2015

Reviews

[e · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐️
There are some really beautiful poems in here! Some didn’t live up to others that I enjoyed which is why I’m giving it a 3.5 but overall I had a great time with this one and I really loved it

[Dol Leander · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did read this sleepily on a trip so I did not take it in the way I wanted to, but it was still enjoyable