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I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast

Melissa Studdard

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Description:Praise for I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast:“Melissa Studdard’s high-flying, bold poetic language expresses an erotic appetite for the world: ‘this desire to butter and eat the stars,’ as she says, in words characteristically large yet domestic, ambitious yet chuckling at their own nerve. This poet’s ardent, winning ebullience echoes that of God, a recurring character here, who finds us Her children, splotchy, bawling and imperfect though we are, “flawless in her omniscient eyes.”--Robert Pinsky “In so many ways the poems in this book read like paintings, touching and absorbing the light of the known world while fingering the soul until it lifts, trembling. Gates splayed, bodies read as books, and hearts born of mouths, Studdard's study, which is a creation unto itself, would have no doubt pleased Neruda's taste for the alchemic impurity of poetry, which is, as we know, poetry that is not only most pure of heart, but beautifully generous in vision and feeling.” --Cate Marvin Some Poems: I ATE THE COSMOS FOR BREAKFAST--after Thich Nhat HanhIt looked like a pancake,but it was creation flattened out--the fist of God on a head of wheat,milk, the unborn child of an unsuspectingchicken—all beaten to batterand drizzled into a pan.I brewed some tea and closed my eyeswhile I ate the sun, the air, the rain,photosynthesis on a plate.I ate the time it took that chickento bear and lay her eggand the energy a cow takesto lactate a cup of milk.I thought of the farmers, the truck drivers,the grocers, the peoplewho made the bag that stored the wheat,and my labor over the stove seemed short,and the pancake tasted good,and I was thankful.WE ARE THE UNIVERSE--inspired by the Eric Anfinson painting,The Bravest WomanWatching your mouth as you eat I thinkperhaps an apple is the universe and your bodyis an orchard full of trees. I’ve seen the way your leavescling to the ground in fall, and I noticed thenthat your voice sounded soft, like feathered, drifting thingscoming finally to rest. Note:I was the core in your pink flesh. Youwere hungry birdsand foxes walking though the miles of me.You climbed, dug your nails in my bark, yankedsomething loose. Don’t tell me what it is.Just keep it close.Because I planted these rowsand rows of myself for you--so I could lick the juice from your lips,so I could rememberhow round and hotthe promise of seed. If I could findthat orchard right now, I’d run all through the rowsof you. I’d stand in the center and twirl until, dizzy, I fell. I’d climb high and shakeuntil the only thing left in you was longing,and you’d write a poem for me. You’d say:Your mouth is the universe. Your desireis an orchard full of trees.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast. To get started finding I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 82

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Saint Julian Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0988944758

Description: Praise for I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast:“Melissa Studdard’s high-flying, bold poetic language expresses an erotic appetite for the world: ‘this desire to butter and eat the stars,’ as she says, in words characteristically large yet domestic, ambitious yet chuckling at their own nerve. This poet’s ardent, winning ebullience echoes that of God, a recurring character here, who finds us Her children, splotchy, bawling and imperfect though we are, “flawless in her omniscient eyes.”--Robert Pinsky “In so many ways the poems in this book read like paintings, touching and absorbing the light of the known world while fingering the soul until it lifts, trembling. Gates splayed, bodies read as books, and hearts born of mouths, Studdard's study, which is a creation unto itself, would have no doubt pleased Neruda's taste for the alchemic impurity of poetry, which is, as we know, poetry that is not only most pure of heart, but beautifully generous in vision and feeling.” --Cate Marvin Some Poems: I ATE THE COSMOS FOR BREAKFAST--after Thich Nhat HanhIt looked like a pancake,but it was creation flattened out--the fist of God on a head of wheat,milk, the unborn child of an unsuspectingchicken—all beaten to batterand drizzled into a pan.I brewed some tea and closed my eyeswhile I ate the sun, the air, the rain,photosynthesis on a plate.I ate the time it took that chickento bear and lay her eggand the energy a cow takesto lactate a cup of milk.I thought of the farmers, the truck drivers,the grocers, the peoplewho made the bag that stored the wheat,and my labor over the stove seemed short,and the pancake tasted good,and I was thankful.WE ARE THE UNIVERSE--inspired by the Eric Anfinson painting,The Bravest WomanWatching your mouth as you eat I thinkperhaps an apple is the universe and your bodyis an orchard full of trees. I’ve seen the way your leavescling to the ground in fall, and I noticed thenthat your voice sounded soft, like feathered, drifting thingscoming finally to rest. Note:I was the core in your pink flesh. Youwere hungry birdsand foxes walking though the miles of me.You climbed, dug your nails in my bark, yankedsomething loose. Don’t tell me what it is.Just keep it close.Because I planted these rowsand rows of myself for you--so I could lick the juice from your lips,so I could rememberhow round and hotthe promise of seed. If I could findthat orchard right now, I’d run all through the rowsof you. I’d stand in the center and twirl until, dizzy, I fell. I’d climb high and shakeuntil the only thing left in you was longing,and you’d write a poem for me. You’d say:Your mouth is the universe. Your desireis an orchard full of trees.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast. To get started finding I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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