The Devil's Fools

By Mary Gilliland

Infused with eco-logic, informed by feminism, and taking cues from Eve, Cain, Proserpine, Ulysses, Parsifal, and selves present and past, the fifty poems of The Devil's Fools question and illustrate myths of nature and the nature of inherited myth.

Subverting received traditions, embellishing mythic figures, the lyrics of The Devil's Fools speak to and for those wanting heaven: modern pilgrims, medieval masons; seafarer, axe murderer, alcoholic; daughter, spouse, sibling, mother; a woman on pause, a monarch of the underworld, Eve stepping out past Eden. One country bombs another, there's mass animal slaughter during epidemic, never-ending yard work, love letters from the dead. Humans sorrow and glory, mourn and thrive, treasure the will to live-with burdock and mushroom, apple and willow, cicada, cuckoo, brontosaurus, toad. The poems represent wild and delicious creaturely delusion, deception, vigor, and joy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949933164
• ISBN13: 9781949933161
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Distribution Partners
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher