My Lookalike At The Krishna Temple: Poems

In My Lookalike at the Krishna Temple, Jacqueline Osherow considers expressions of spirituality from cultures all over the world and investigates previously unexplored aspects of her relationship to Judaism and Jewish history. While some poems reflect on practitioners of self-imposed isolation, from the monks in Fra AngelicoÆs frescoed cells to Emily Dickinson to the Kotzker Rebbe, others explore topics as varied as architecture, geometry, faith, war, and genocide. Osherow finds beauty in JosephÆs dreams, the euphony of crickets, and the gamut of symmetries on display in the Alhambra. The scent of lindens serves as a meditative bridge between Darmstadt, Germany, alien and unnerving, and a familiar front porch in Salt Lake City, where the poet freely engages with the natural world: ôDonÆt worry, moon; we all lose our bearings. / You donÆt have to rise. Stay here instead. / IÆll spot you; we could both use an ally / and rumor has it disorientation / is the least resistant pathway to whatÆs holy.ö Osherow takes readers on a journey as tourists and global citizens, trying to find meaning in an often painful and chaotic world.

• | Author: Jacqueline Osherow
• | Publisher: Lsu Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 06, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 104 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Poetry
• | ISBN-10: 0807169447
• | ISBN-13: 9780807169445