Testament: Poems (Volume 14)

by Luke Hankins

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.

Genres: Poetry

32 pages, Paperback

Published February 15, 2023

About the author

Luke Hankins is the author of several poetry collections, including MAGNITUDE: New & Selected Short Poems (Texas Review Press, forthcoming). He has edited or co-edited several anthologies, most recently Breaking into Blossom: Poems with Extraordinary Endings (with Nomi Stone). He 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.