A Lover's Litanies

The collection comprises lyric litanies in which a single speaker addresses an adored but distant beloved with devotional, often religious diction. Each poem frames passionate longing as prayer, blending classical myth and pastoral imagery with confessional bitterness, dreamlike reverie, and erotic yearning. Repeated liturgical motifs and short sections portray unrequited love, remorse, and the tension between worship and desire, moving between night visions, nature scenes, and self-reproach. The tone alternates between fervent entreaty and melancholy resignation, and the poems favor ornate metaphors and rhythmic cadence.