DAVID PARRY
David William Parry was born in Hampshire in 1958. After receiving a degree in religious studies from King’s College, London, he continued his theological research at Heythrop College. By profession he teaches literature and language. Since 1996 he has also given regular public lectures on metaphysical poetry, occultism and the problems of semantic theory. He lives with his partner in Clapham and visits Poland whenever the opportunity presents itself.Click here to view his blog. |
Caliban's Redemption
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Caliban's Redemption / David Parry / £9.99 / $16 |
‘The exploration of such states of consciousness is not without its psychological dangers and Parry's poetry traverses inner worlds reminiscent of those of Lautreámont, Bataille and the demonologist Collin de Plancy.’ - Richard Rudgeley in The London Magazine.
In this collection of occult poems Parry’s alter-ego Caliban muses on sexuality, seclusion and Shakespeare. Moreover, by trying to capture the dark dwarf’s metaphysical lyrics moment by moment, the author slowly confronts himself as a willing prisoner on the magical island of violence and desire. After all, Caliban would claim that neither Browning nor Nietzsche had fully grasped the ethics of redemption which can only be found in unadulterated selfhood.
Miranda
I love you holy virgin,
with the soul that you have moulded,
lovely as a rosebud,
to the silver moon unfolded.
I love you holy virgin.
I love you Queen of Heaven,
with the body you have fashioned,
twisted in your service,
by sacred sighs of divine passion.
I love you Queen of Heaven.
I love you aged mother,
with the mind that you have hardened,
deep as dark obsidian,
reflecting black thoughts yet unpardoned.
I love you aged mother.
I love you,
I praise you,
I abase myself before you,
and with golden songs adore you,
my holy whore of heaven.
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Caliban's Redemption / David Parry / £9.99 / $16
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