The Grimace of Eden, Now Virgula a “Working Life” unerringly captures

a “Working Life” unerringly captures the measure of life

de liefde en de dood

Using Georges Bataille as peer and foil

and Cecil Taylor

The Grimace of Eden, Now Virgula a “Working Life” unerringly capturesCody Rose Clevidence Animate, emotive, sensory rich and a little vicious, the poems in this collection take as their subject the earth as a planet, small and contaminated and alone in vast space, and the humans and creatures and technology swarming it with life. Formally inventive and playful with language, referencing Tennyson in one breath and the metaverse the next, these poems wander through spacetime with their irreverent theologies, exploring