Rules of the Kingdom
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Rules of the Kingdom

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Rules of the Kingdom

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A lapsed religion still emits / faint signals; God, / in his satellite dish, / groans / moving on. To seek belonging, to strain against the familiar – these are the polarities many of us live between, feeling the pull of each desire. Offering a particular history, an intimate vantage point from within the various kingdoms we inhabit, Julie Paul's The Rules of the Kingdom is an exploration of this struggle on a personal level and a universal one. Broken into five sections, the book examines the human struggle to find meaning, comfort, and a sense of home. In "Settlers' Descendant Reclaims the Past, " the poems consider rural life, both the specific and the collective, including a village's destruction by fire. In "Weight of the Word" the focus turns to family of origin, religion, and rites of passage. Poems take a familial tack again in "Cleavage, " wherein Paul dives into the waters of motherhood, and they drift into further intimacy in "The World's Smallest Republic, " a series of poems about sex, love, and marriage. Finally, the poems in the fifth section, "Next Time the World Will Burn, " explore our place in the twenty-first century and offer some idiosyncratic suggestions on how to live. At turns humorous, playful, contemplative, and coy, the poems in The Rules of the Kingdom question the vagaries of faith and family but ultimately celebrate life and love.

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Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780773549012
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. CONTENTS
  4. SETTLERS’ DESCENDANT RECLAIMS THE PAST
  5. VARIATIONS OF HOME
  6. CONFESSIONS OF A MIGRATORY SPECIES
  7. HIGHWAY 511, LANARK VILLAGE
  8. LANARK COUNTY LOVE
  9. SENTINEL
  10. LOCAL BELIEFS
  11. THE RULES OF THE KINGDOM
  12. FIRE LOVES
  13. PAINT BY NUMBERS: LANARK FIRE, 1959
  14. I SHOULD HAVE MARRIED A FIREMAN
  15. APRIL, OTTAWA VALLEY
  16. Weight of the Word
  17. ANTECEDENTS
  18. PHOTO, POST-BAPTISM, 1969
  19. IN DREAMS, WHEN SOMEONE CALLS MY NAME
  20. CAT GOT MY TONGUE
  21. AT THIRTEEN
  22. SURVIVAL
  23. RESURRECTION
  24. WEIGHT OF THE WORD
  25. SUFFER NO FOOLS
  26. SPORT
  27. THE F-WORD
  28. BLUE GHAZAL
  29. VILLAGE LIFE
  30. VIA DOLOROSA
  31. Cleavage
  32. GAZING ACROSS VENOUS LAKE
  33. NEW MOTHER’S SONG, 5 A.M.
  34. WATERSLIDE
  35. PARENTING STRATEGY #4
  36. YOUNG BUILDING, DUSK
  37. HORMONES ARE COMING
  38. SUEDE WEDGE-HEELED BOOTS
  39. CLEAVAGE
  40. ASTROLOGY GETS YOU OFF THE HOOK
  41. AFTER THE PARIS NIGHTCLUB ATTACK
  42. The World’s Smallest Republic
  43. WHAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT SEX AT FIFTEEN
  44. FLICK YOU, TEENAGE LOVE
  45. COASTAL ROMANCE
  46. EARTH GIRL TELLS ALL
  47. HONDA CB-750
  48. STRANGERS WE ARE NOT
  49. THE WORLD’S SMALLEST REPUBLIC
  50. SUNDAY MORNING PRAISE
  51. LEONID LOVE
  52. OUTSKIRTS
  53. WANT(ON) AND ON
  54. Next Time the World Will Burn
  55. REVISION
  56. THE TEN SUGGESTIONS
  57. OTHER VERSIONS OF THE DREAM
  58. CHEAT
  59. ADVICE
  60. MEMENTO
  61. IT’S JUST A BATH
  62. LIAR, LYRE
  63. DISCOVERY COFFEE SHOP
  64. GOD DECIDES TO START AGAIN
  65. NEXT TIME THE WORLD WILL BURN
  66. NOTES
  67. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS