The poems in The Open Hand journey across the upper Rhine and Alps to contemporary West Jerusalem and far northern Europe, asking, "Where does the joy come from?" Whether addressing the accusation of a "libelous chain of causation" in medieval legend, a moment in an alley with a Syrian refugee, foxes in the Tiergarten, or a Paris side street where the disciple of a charismatic rabbi celebrates "the graven acts God forbade," these poems return us always to earthbound pleasures, stepping toward us to say, after many rehearsals, "stay, enjoy."
- ISBN10 0998196355
- ISBN13 9780998196350
- Publish Date 15 October 2017
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lost Horse Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 98
- Language English