The Palace of Bones (Hollis Summers Poetry Prize)

The Palace of Bones by Allison Eir Jenks is an often stark and startling vision of the way we live, the places we inhabit, and the relics we make to comfort ourselves. Haunted by a quiet, unquenchable longing, Jenks expertly and calmly guides the reader through a vivid dreamscape in this first full-length collection of poems. The Palace of Bones was selected by final judge and Pulitzer Prize winner Carolyn Kizer. At once dark in its vision and light in its tone, this remarkable book is its author’s self-confident invitation for us to join her in a world she knows intimately and has made almost familiar if not entirely safe. The Palace of Bones is a stunning debut. Forgive Us -- Black Magic -- Waiting -- The Palace Of Bones -- The Prisoner -- The Visited House In Monaghan -- Boy Of Sea -- In Search Of A Brother -- Night Train From Barcelona -- Canvas -- After The Parade -- Underwater Grave -- Transfiguration Of The Golden Bird -- Heaven -- A Place We Briefly Lived -- Letters From Our Fathers -- Away -- Home -- The Little Red Schoolhouse -- Different Ideas Of Honor -- Stained Dresses -- Refugee -- Lament -- Unpolished Houses -- The Burial Of Two Strangers -- War Tribes -- Old Soldiers -- Sleepwalking -- The Neighbor's Will -- Painting The Dead -- Exit -- Like Silk -- Blackstone Street -- The Church Of St. Sulspicious -- The Man At Her Window -- The Squirrel -- Afterlife -- The Habit. Allison Eir Jenks. Captures the simplicity of everyday life through a collection of lyrical poetry.