Human Costume

by A.E. Stringer

The poems in Human Costume explore the multiple figures we become. If spirit inhabits form, then our human selves wear flesh and feeling like costumes that both veil and reveal what animates us. At the heart of the book lies the calendar's juxtaposition of Halloween and All Saints Day, which celebrates the soul's extremes. From the unearthly delights of being alive in the cosmos, through the sufferings of armed conflict and the further trial-and-error...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907056181
• ISBN13: 9781907056185
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Salmon Poetry
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.3"