Ibant Obscuri

By Gareth Prior

the way down to Hades is easy:

night & day the dim gates lie open -

but to retrace your steps to the upper air

that's the effort, that the work

The journey to the underworld is also a descent into memory. Portals open in Venice and the Peak District; in the necromancy of Greek tragedy and the baked landscape of Avignon. Strange and familiar roads converge on the dead / anagnorisis / the encounter with the Other where all language fails.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912211416
• ISBN13: 9781912211418
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Knives Forks and Spoons
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"