We are Starved
We are Starved
Joshua Kryah
Series: Mountain West Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2011
Published by: University Press of Colorado,
Pages: 82
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We are Starved
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"Joshua Kryah is redefining what it means to write spiritual poetry. This is not another book about longings for the spiritual; this is a book of offerings to the spiritual. These poems answer the plea of Yeats's spirits ('We are starved') and give them what they crave, depicting the particulars of human appetite and the way each 'peculiar and appalling hunger' unfolds. The scope of these poems is dizzying; they echo and glitter and sear as they, against all odds, give us a'world [that] is/suddener than any idea about the world.'We Are Starvedis unabashed and unflinching, and it is deeply, exquisitely satisfying."-Mary Szybist, author ofGrantedMountain West Poetry SeriesPublished by the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University

eISBN: 978-1-885635-22-8
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-2)
  3. THE POOR KNOW THEY ARE POOR
    THE POOR KNOW THEY ARE POOR (pp. 3-3)
  4. WE ARE STARVED
    WE ARE STARVED (pp. 4-4)
  5. IT SURVIVES, A WAY OF HARMING, YOUR MOUTH
    IT SURVIVES, A WAY OF HARMING, YOUR MOUTH (pp. 5-6)
  6. SALLIED FORTH
    SALLIED FORTH (pp. 7-9)
  7. THE LEAST CHILD
    THE LEAST CHILD (pp. 10-11)
  8. WE WILL BE FED UPON, WE WILL BE FED
    WE WILL BE FED UPON, WE WILL BE FED (pp. 12-13)
  9. LANGUOR, SUCCOR, ARDOR
    LANGUOR, SUCCOR, ARDOR (pp. 14-15)
  10. THE BODY-HOLE
    THE BODY-HOLE (pp. 16-16)
  11. GHOSTMEAT
    GHOSTMEAT (pp. 17-18)
  12. THEREFORE THAT HE MAY RAISE, THE LORD THROWS DOWN
    THEREFORE THAT HE MAY RAISE, THE LORD THROWS DOWN (pp. 19-21)
  13. THE BODY IN ITS FINAL COMMERCE
    THE BODY IN ITS FINAL COMMERCE (pp. 22-22)
  14. PLAYLIST OF THE SAME
    PLAYLIST OF THE SAME (pp. 23-25)
  15. LOVE LIKE UNTO WHITED SEPULCHRES
    LOVE LIKE UNTO WHITED SEPULCHRES (pp. 26-26)
  16. CHANTICLEER
    CHANTICLEER (pp. 27-28)
  17. NOLI ME TANGERE
    NOLI ME TANGERE (pp. 29-29)
  18. THIS PLENTY, THIS NEVER ENOUGH
    THIS PLENTY, THIS NEVER ENOUGH (pp. 30-31)
  19. CHEAPSIDE
    CHEAPSIDE (pp. 32-32)
  20. A PARADISE
    A PARADISE (pp. 33-35)
  21. MIRACLE OF THE DROWNED
    MIRACLE OF THE DROWNED (pp. 36-36)
  22. CORPUS CHRISTI CAROL
    CORPUS CHRISTI CAROL (pp. 37-39)
  23. MANY ARE THE RUINED CATHEDRALS OF THE HEART
    MANY ARE THE RUINED CATHEDRALS OF THE HEART (pp. 40-41)
  24. THAT MAN TO MAN IS AN ARRANT WOLFE
    THAT MAN TO MAN IS AN ARRANT WOLFE (pp. 42-44)
  25. FROM THE GOSPEL OF THE FOUNDERING
    FROM THE GOSPEL OF THE FOUNDERING (pp. 45-45)
  26. THINKING ONE PLACE COULD NOT TWO BODIES BEAR
    THINKING ONE PLACE COULD NOT TWO BODIES BEAR (pp. 46-46)
  27. THE DAY WITHOUT BEFORE THIS WITHOUT
    THE DAY WITHOUT BEFORE THIS WITHOUT (pp. 47-48)
  28. DARKLING
    DARKLING (pp. 49-49)
  29. AN ATTRACTION TO DISTANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE
    AN ATTRACTION TO DISTANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE (pp. 50-51)
  30. POOR DOGSBODY, POOR DOGSBODY’S BODY
    POOR DOGSBODY, POOR DOGSBODY’S BODY (pp. 52-52)
  31. I HAD NOT BROUGHT YOU INTO THE WORLD FOR LOVE FOR NAUGHT
    I HAD NOT BROUGHT YOU INTO THE WORLD FOR LOVE FOR NAUGHT (pp. 53-54)
  32. THINGS FAST TOWARD THEIR ABSENT FORMS
    THINGS FAST TOWARD THEIR ABSENT FORMS (pp. 55-56)
  33. HOMECOMING
    HOMECOMING (pp. 57-60)
  34. CENTAUR
    CENTAUR (pp. 61-62)
  35. NOBODY IS EVER MISSING
    NOBODY IS EVER MISSING (pp. 63-63)
  36. AND NAUGHT I HAVE AND ALL THE WORLD I SEIZE UPON
    AND NAUGHT I HAVE AND ALL THE WORLD I SEIZE UPON (pp. 64-66)
  37. WE ARE STARVED
    WE ARE STARVED (pp. 67-69)
  38. EXTINCT ANIMALS LOOKING FOR A HOME
    EXTINCT ANIMALS LOOKING FOR A HOME (pp. 70-70)
  39. NOTES
    NOTES (pp. 71-71)
  40. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 72-72)
  41. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 73-74)