Racecar Jesus by Travis Mossotti Jane Routh elegantly reflects on memory

elegantly reflects on memory

here are graffitied tiles and household jugs

" — Marjorie Perloff

It is a collection of love poems

sexy and brilliantly honest - a rich mix of sharply observed

Racecar Jesus by Travis Mossotti Jane Routh elegantly reflects on memoryRacecar Jesus, winner of the Christopher Smart Joan Alice Poetry Prize, turns the wheel of western spirituality with equal parts western skepticism, and the poems work toward practical enlightenment the way a bricklayer might; only, what theyre building is the opposite edifice: I am a ruin of questions. Where once there was a temple, only pillars. Where once a roof, now only clouds and darkness interrupted by the jest of stars. excerpt from DINNER