{"product_id":"bestiary-poems-by-donika-kelly","title":"Bestiary: Poems by Donika Kelly","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Graywolf Press:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-element-container block block-views-blockbooks-featured-quote-award-node-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view books featured-quote-award-node-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-field views-field-field-quotes-awards\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-content\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2017 Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2018 Kate Tufts Discovery Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block-field block-field-poem-exerpt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-poem-exerpt\"\u003eI thought myself lion and serpent. Thought\u003cbr\u003emyself body enough for two, for we.\u003cbr\u003eFound comfort in never being lonely.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat burst from my back, from my bones, what lived\u003cbr\u003ealong the ridge from crown to crown, from mane?\u003cbr\u003eto forked tongue beneath the skin. What clamor\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ewe made in the birthing. What hiss and rumble\u003cbr\u003eat the splitting, at the horns and beard,?\u003cbr\u003eat the glottal bleat. What bridges our back.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhat strong neck, what bright eye. What menagerie\u003cbr\u003eare we. What we’ve made of ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—from “Love Poem: Chimera”\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block-field block-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field body\" data-once=\"bfadetrim\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"body-inner\"\u003eAcross this remarkable first book are encounters with animals, legendary beasts, and mythological monsters—half human and half something else. Donika Kelly’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBestiary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a catalog of creatures—from the whale and ostrich to the pegasus and chimera to the centaur and griffin. Among them too are poems of love, self-discovery, and travel from “Out West” to “Back East.” Lurking in the middle of this powerful and multifaceted collection is a wrenching sequence that wonders just who or what is the real monster inside this life of survival and reflection. Selected and with an introduction by the National Book Award Winner Nikki Finney,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBestiary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003equestions what it is that makes us human, that makes us whole.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52761685917989,"sku":"9781555977580","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/ScreenShot2026-07-11at2.04.47PM.png?v=1783796744","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/bestiary-poems-by-donika-kelly","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}