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The Body is No More Than a Greening Thing by Louisa Muniz

The Body is No More Than a Greening Thing by Louisa Muniz

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In The Body is No More Than a Greening Thing, Louisa Muniz digs into the garden bed of memory, loss, and resilience. These poems praise the body’s fleeting nature and deep-rootedness to the earth, evoking a profound sense of connection, even when God has seemingly disappeared. From elegies to invocations, Muniz’s lyrical voice invites us to hold grief and joy in both hands, then plant ourselves into the soil. Our bodies may be “mortgaged to summer,” but our souls persist. A beautiful collection.

–Jenn Givhan, author of Belly to the Brutal

 

Through night wind, we will resurrect our heart back to our heart & sing our voice back to song in this engaging and beautiful book. In The Body is No More Than a Greening Thing, Louisa Muniz writes of the connection every living being has to the natural world. This collection links quotidian tasks with the spinning world in the most lyrical and meaningful way. These poems demand us to pay attention to the natural world and how every person belongs in a spiritual or physical space that recognizes our faults and strengths. These poems connect the reader with the poet’s insightful wisdom of how to live in harmony with the world we all inhabit. This collection takes the reader on an unforgettable, meaningful, and amazing journey.

–Laurie Kuntz, Pushcart Prize winning poet, author of That Infinite Roar, Talking Me off the Roof, and The Moon Over My Mother’s House.

 

 

 

 

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The Body is No More Than a Greening Thing

by Louisa Muniz

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The Body is No More Than a Greening Thing is a lyrical exploration of life in all its facets. This collection weaves together poems that celebrate the body, as well as themes of childhood, the journey of motherhood, the ache of loss and the quiet power of resilience. Deeply rooted in the interconnectedness of all living things, this collection is a meditation on growth, renewal, and the enduring beauty found in even the most fragile moments. From elegies to invocations these poems traverse the natural world and reach out with an urgent voice to God. With longing and reverence, they celebrate the beauty and power of the ever-evolving spirit that binds us all.

Louisa Muniz was born and raised in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. She holds an MA in Curriculum and Instruction from Kean University. She is the author of the chapbook After Heavy Rains published in 2020. Her work has been featured in numerous anthologies, blogs and literary journals including SWWIM, Tinderbox Journal, Sheila-Na-Gig, PANK and One Art, among others. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She is a former reading specialist and literacy coach. Louisa currently lives in Sayreville, N.J. with her husband.

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