Nothing True Has a Name

by Djelloul Marbrook

These alchemical poems challenge our compulsion to categorize and pigeonhole. They inquire deeply into the passion for containment symbolized by classical Greek vessels. The poems seek to define the idea of ennobling elixirs. The image of galleys sailing on the winds and laden with Greek amphorae tied to each other by their necks haunts this collection. The poet concludes that names inevitably mislead us. He urges us to transcend them, not revel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909849227
• ISBN13: 9781909849228
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Leaky Boot Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"