07 May The Excavation
My latest book, Dark Matter: New Poems, is just out. It's my seventh book of poetry and 23rd book in all, but I confess that I never get over the thrill of a new book—and also confess to feeling that it's the best work I've done so far. Published beautifully by Spinifex Press, it's available at all bookstores and all online booksellers. This week I'm doing readings and promotion for the book, so there was no time to write the blog per se. Instead, I'm posting one of the poems from the book—a story poem—in lieu of a prose blog. An earlier version of this poem was published in The Hudson Review literary journal; this below is the later version that appears in Dark Matter. The Excavation National Geographic Society announcement, June 2006: The 1600-year-old mummified remains of a young adult were covered with red pigment and bear tattoos, and her imposing...