The Island Kingdom: Poems
Department
Writing, Literature and Publishing
Author(s)
Pablo Medina
Resource Type
Other
Publication, Publisher or Distributor
Hanging Loose Press
Publication Date
2015
Brief Description
Medina’s poetry is always attuned to the nature of beauty and longing, particularly for his native Cuba, and for the wondrous journeys (and emotions) he has experienced or imagined. The burning questions of spirituality and fulfillment weigh heavily on this latest collection as the speaker grapples with the melancholia of doubt, desire and despair: “Panther, panther, let the slaughter come,/ let the truth be learned, let the bullet/ blossom in you like the flower of forgetfulness.”
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